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3761	You're right, that's probably the best alternative. Maybe better than t	The Philosopher	-	8/15/2001
3760	An interesting--to me at least--observation seems like the best way out ofyour	Yamakita	-	8/15/2001
3759	That would have worked stylistically, certainly more smoothly. But it still mis	The Philosopher	-	8/15/2001
3758	If you wished to retain the phrase "to me at least" for stylistic purp	Mr. Whist	-	8/15/2001
3757	Well, technically mine wasn't a parenthetical phrase, but I get your point.	The Philosopher	-	8/15/2001
3756	The proper place for a parenthetical is seldom if ever between an article and th	Mr. Whist	-	8/15/2001
3755	So far I have been able to avoid letting cyber writing creep into my legal writi	The Philosopher	-	8/15/2001
3754	I see your point. I will put my money on sticking with "An" as oppose	Quahog	-	8/15/2001
3753	I accept your addition of further clarification as a good step. Yes, moving the	The Philosopher	-	8/15/2001
3752	Interesting. I am by no means an expert in grammar. However, it occurs to me,	Quahog	-	8/15/2001
3751	Here's a grammar (or usage) question. I just wrote a message of which the	The Philosopher	-	8/15/2001
3750	today I saw this in a post railing against stock analysts and got quite a chuckl	David C. Burns	-	6/19/2001
3749	I have an idiom question. Perhaps someone will know the answer. The phrase &quo	Mr. Whist	-	6/12/2001
3748	I do think mentor/mentee is funny, but I confess that if it weren't for a se	E	-	6/2/2001
3747	You may appreciate this: Thursday night I saw an interview on one of the news c	David C. Burns	-	6/2/2001
3746	The s on 'beaucoup' was to copy the one on hors d'oeuvres, i hope yo	E	-	6/2/2001
3745	Merci beaucoups, crepe.	E	-	6/1/2001
3744	Thank you for your excellent analysis. If I had a plate of hors d'oeuvre now	Mr. Whist	-	6/1/2001
3743	I think the way it goes is that in English we often add the 's,' having	E	-	6/1/2001
3742	Another interesting singular-plural is hors d'oeuvre. What is the plural? I	Mr. Whist	-	6/1/2001
3741	I think this is interesting, and if i learned it in high school Latin, I'd f	E	-	5/31/2001
3740	<i>Clam Casinos The Sands, for sure</i> LOL!	Quahog	-	5/30/2001
3739	<but you might only get one order> <b>or&l	Graystone	-	5/30/2001
3738	I think that Clams Casino is already a plural in the sense parallel to the Attor	David C. Burns	-	5/29/2001
3737	Ninety-nine out of 100 people in a bar will say, "Two gin and tonics, pleas	Yamakita	-	5/28/2001

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