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3686Message 15126012 <i> I'm writing from Seattle, where once in the threeKid Rock-1/4/2001
3685Hi, Christopher. It's been ages since I visited this thread. It somehow disaE-1/4/2001
3684Additional information from The Phrase Finder: "Origin of: The whole nine On the QT-11/25/2000
3683Then there is: "The whole nine yards All of it - full measure. It has been On the QT-11/25/2000
3682I got that question wrong cause I thought what you thouught. PaulPaul Ma-11/20/2000
3681Hi Christopher, Nice to see not everyone is obsessing over the Florida SupremeRaymond Duray-11/20/2000
3680Your site asked me for the origin of the whole nine yards. it claimed it was thThe Philosopher-11/20/2000
3679Hi Paul, <i>I tried the etymologic thing and only got 7 out of 10 :( <Raymond Duray-11/20/2000
3678I think you are correct. The are between comments and welcomed is tacitly undersPaul Ma-11/20/2000
3677Hi Paul, Re: <i>great words relevant to this board</i> Estimable eRaymond Duray-11/20/2000
3676great words relevant to this board hypercorrection, malapropism, solecism, amphPaul Ma-10/4/2000
3675An amusing sentence from a Yahoo board that may be operating in a fish bowl ... Justin C-10/4/2000
3674"Except him" is fine, Christopher. I don't see the problem/questijbe-10/1/2000
3673Christopher: RE: "We didn't invite Bob, but everybody except ___ willJack Clarke-9/28/2000
3672him is the object of except, hence the objective case. Recast the sentence to sDavid C. Burns-9/28/2000
3671I have been asked whether it is correct to say "except him." I asked The Philosopher-9/28/2000
36701. Verbs HAS to agree with their subjects. 2. No sentence fragments. Thomas M.-9/19/2000
3669Subject: Writing Tips for Specification Documents 1. Avoid alliteration. AThomas M.-9/19/2000
3668Message 14394720The Philosopher-9/15/2000
3667Pretty funny, Charley, but I smell a rat. French has exactly the same sound as jbe-9/2/2000
3666Re: The Germans telegraph.co.ukTom Clarke-9/1/2000
3665It's not too bad, really. After the shell shock of the Great Vaporization, tTom Clarke-9/1/2000
3664Quite so - split infinitives are of course o.k. (and have long been considered sjbe-9/1/2000
3663Message 14316597Thomas M.-9/1/2000
3662Oops.The Philosopher-9/1/2000
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