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|    Anton Shepelev to Alexander Koryagin    |
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|    23 Jun 19 23:37:12    |
      MSGID: 2:221/6.0 5d0fe2f6       REPLY: 2:221/6.0 5cf95892       PID: JamNNTPd/Cygwin32 1.3 20190208       CHRS: IBMPC 2       TZUTC: 0300       TID: hpt/w32-mvc 1.9.0-cur 2019-01-08       Alexander Koryagin to Ardith Hinton:              AH>> When she complained to my mother, my mother answered       AH>> "How would the doctor know if you were turning blue       AH>> with that stuff on?"              AK> Ahem ;), besides the absence of the comma before the       AK> quotation marks, I wanna remark again that inside of       AK> those marks there is the direct speech. So,       AK> theoretically, it should be either       AK>       AK> My mother answered, "How will the doctor know if you       AK> are turning blue with that stuff on?"              But Ardith's grammar is immaculate and only right for this       hypothetical sitatuation, whereas your use of "wanna" and       "inside of" can make any literate person's nails turn blue :-)              ---        * Origin: nntps://fidonews.mine.nu - Lake Ylo - Finland (2:221/6.0)       SEEN-BY: 1/19 123 15/2 16/0 120/544 123/130 131 203/0 221/1 6 360       SEEN-BY: 226/17 227/114 229/354 426 1014 240/1120 2100 5138 5832 5853       SEEN-BY: 249/206 317 261/38 280/5003 317/3 320/119 219 322/0 757 342/200       SEEN-BY: 393/68 640/1384 2454/119       PATH: 221/6 1 320/219 240/5832 229/426           |
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