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That's right! It doesn't!
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United States Secret Government’s Domestic Social Engineering
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United States Secret Government’s Domestic Social Engineering Disclaimer: This website must be presented as fiction. What is described on this website could never occur in America. Anyone stating otherwise can be publicly discredited, imprisoned, institutionalized, forcibly medicated, or murdered.... more »
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As Heard on TV
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(Also posted on alt.usage.english) A recent miniseries about American national parks stated: "The park was 700 square miles wide." From "Numb3rs": ". . . a busload full of missing tourists." (Or "busloadful.") They're on the bus; how can they be missing? The station showing the above announces "Back-to-back episodes of... more »
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Protect your clothes
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I'm doing laundry this morning (yes, a mundane task for a sorceress but it still needs to be done!) and noticed an interesting notice on the laundry detergent with bleach box: Do not get in eyes, on skin or on clothes. It's laundry detergent. I wash clothes in the stuff. How can I *not* get it on the clothes?!?!... more »
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Surrey Public Libraries
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My library has put just up many notices about encouraging reading, including one headed "Never judge a book by it's cover". How should I proceed? Dave W
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Lateral eatings
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Spotted Dick: Wardrobe malfunction Coq au Vin: Sex in a lorry Stuffed Turkey: Gordon Brown
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Years of angst
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I've always had a problem with the phrase that expresses the amount of time that has passed or will pass, as in "three yearXXX time", so I'm after some advice. Should it be "three years' time", as in "the time of three years", or "three year's time" (which seems unlikely), or just "three years time", as in "the time occupied by three years"?... more »
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ouch example
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From Charing Parish Council, Chairman's Message: --- In the business and communications category we received "Commended cer- tificate's" and in the Community category we received a "Very highly commended certificate". Ob- viously we will have to try harder next year! --- (I've left the line breaks as they were.)... more »
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