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> Subject: RE: "and then," or simply "then"?
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> Conversely, what does the reader GAIN?
An experience of the language used correctly! That's a big thing.
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> We could do this all day you know... ;-)
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Any problem with the notion that we are lifelong learners, and that a reader
can absorb correct English by seeing it used correctly?
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