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Sean is write, Bonnie correct she is, I merely winding them up some now.
I was the wrong.
...
And, Richard, don't EVER call me Gordy again, I may just hunt you down and
disembowel you with a spork. You have been warned.
We are getting off-topic now so I'm dropping out.
Gordon
(see that Richard, GORDON!! (or just G))
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Subject: RE: "and then," or simply "then"?
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> Subject: RE: "and then," or simply "then"?
>
> I think this is another one of those cases of linguistic drift vs.
> linguistic corruption. These days, it seems okay to just use the
> "then"
> by itself with a comma, and thus treat "then" as if it were a
> conjunction rather than an adverb. And I must confess, this one
> doesn't bother me as much as the lay/lie thing.
>
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