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3786	Well.... it is still the "being lost" that is "the most distressi	tyc:>	-	2/17/2002
3785	Yes, clearly Marmaduke's heart is warmed by the image of Rosamund, not by th	E	-	2/17/2002
3784	Let me take a stab at it . Yes, they do mean two different things. In the fi	tyc:>	-	2/17/2002
3783	Hmmm. I think they mean two different things and according to what you're tr	E	-	2/17/2002
3782	>>the idea of it all being lost is distressing. or "the idea of its	tyc:>	-	2/17/2002
3781	There was a rumor rampant a few months ago that SI would suddenly fold (IHub wou	E	-	2/17/2002
3780	Hello: <i>It's a shame it died. </i> Yes, it was a lot of fun.	Jack Clarke	-	2/17/2002
3779	The adverb is dying. On TV ads, it's almost always, "Do it fast,"	exdaytrader76	-	2/12/2002
3778	Yamkita, hi! I remember you from a long time ago. This thread used to be so much	E	-	2/11/2002
3777	Nice!	Yamakita	-	2/11/2002
3776	Your poem bilingual was <i>fine!</i> (in its reference to average Fr	E	-	2/11/2002
3775	If a threadster spells 'fraught' with an 'o' When constructing a	E	-	2/11/2002
3774	I hope you are truly aware, How your writing is done with such flair, Tha you	Rambi	-	2/11/2002
3773	But... but... it <i>isn't</i> on the same subject, is it? I me	E	-	2/10/2002
3772	Awesome E, That is remarkable timing on your part. I just penned this on the v	Raymond Duray	-	2/4/2002
3771	The question is why would we care If flamers make cyber warfare. The question, I	E	-	2/4/2002
3770	I'm not smart enough to respond to that. -g- Tom	Thomas M.	-	2/2/2002
3769	I can see why it is so rare. Laying the insipidity so bare. A question if I ma	Raymond Duray	-	2/2/2002
3768	The rarely-seen all-limerick flamewar: groups.google.com	Thomas M.	-	2/1/2002
3767	'I' used as object of the preposition 'for.' siliconinvestor.co	E	-	1/30/2002
3766	FWIW, I agree wholeheartedly with flapjack. It always comes down to ideas expres	Yamakita	-	8/16/2001
3765	Well, let's just agree that we have different approaches. With your approac	The Philosopher	-	8/16/2001
3764	Good writers don't need to jar the reader awake. They have the reader hooked	Mr. Whist	-	8/15/2001
3763	I think what we have is a stylistic difference of opinion . Which probably isn&#	The Philosopher	-	8/15/2001
3762	You're correct. Beginning the sentence with "It was" is weaker tha	Mr. Whist	-	8/15/2001

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