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4336Ha. Nope, I had to go back and look to see it. It's two easy to overlook tJim S-10/8/2012
4335Thanks! Did you see the one I missed? "Such a waste/waist."ManyMoose-10/8/2012
4334How another serious headline is ruined by not paying attention to continuity, UStan-10/8/2012
4333Excellent! My compliments of use of homo-nims.Jim S-10/8/2012
4332Touche!ManyMoose-10/8/2012
4331Sounds like you got it down pat!ManyMoose-10/8/2012
4330This is a bad way to make a "then, than" mistake. [graphic]Stan110/7/2012
4329MM, that's psychosemantic. (Not mine, I came across it, but you gave me a gStan110/7/2012
4328BOOKSHELF | October 5, 2012, 4:07 p.m. ET You Say Prescriptive, I Say Proper A Sr K-10/7/2012
4327Next time you can include the rapport card. Necks thyme ewe kin include the raSr K-10/7/2012
4326It really sleighs me. I turned pail and almost feinted when I saw the grayed I ManyMoose210/7/2012
4325When you lean or incline the pole for the marten bait, that is something you do Stan-10/7/2012
4324LOL, I'm no expert, that's for sure, but sometimes I notice things aboutStan-10/7/2012
4323When I was trapping marten back in my salad days I often "leaned" or &ManyMoose-10/7/2012
4322Perhaps I'm missing the point -- we do commonly say, "I am obliged to dJim S110/7/2012
4321"Cline" must be a root since it has all those prefixes, but I've nStan-10/7/2012
4320Sure. The word "feel" is used in the same way. Especially when "Jim S-10/7/2012
4319I don't think I have ever heard someone use the word "inclined" exStan-10/7/2012
4318Which Language Rules to Flout. Or Flaunt? nytimes.comTimF-9/28/2012
4317Cryptology So, just for fun, give your best deciphering of the following sentenTom Clarke19/3/2012
4316"My all-time favorite example of syntactic ambiguity comes from Wikipedia: TimF-8/17/2012
4315For the Love of God, Nobody Mention To Her That Wednesday is Humpday MarTimF-8/14/2012
4314OT a new should be a word, from the Apple thread demonstartedSr K-8/3/2012
4313[graphic] basketcasecomix.comTimF17/29/2012
4312POLITICS | July 25, 2012, 7:35 p.m. ET A Typeface Spells Political Trouble in MSr K-7/26/2012
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