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|    Anton Shepelev to Ardith Hinton    |
|    Women don't like rain    |
|    30 Jun 19 23:29:38    |
      MSGID: 2:221/6.0 5d191baa       REPLY: 1:153/716.0 d1897be1       PID: JamNNTPd/Cygwin32 1.3 20190208       CHRS: IBMPC 2       TZUTC: 0300       TID: hpt/w32-mvc 1.9.0-cur 2019-01-08       Ardith Hinton:              AH> Uh-huh. But you also gave another example... "I love       AH> you better than I do myself"... in which the verb "do"       AH> replaces the verb "love". Prior to that you & Alexander       AH> had been discussing which words could be left out under       AH> certain circumstances. I was trying to cover both at       AH> once by using parentheses to show that the use of "do       AH> so" or possibly "do that" is optional in my rendition.       AH> :-)              Thanks for the clarification, Ardith.              AH> Sorry, folks... operator error. I hadn't wuite       AH> finished yet.... :-(              Looking forward to a copy ready for the typesetter!              ---        * Origin: nntps://fidonews.mine.nu - Lake Ylo - Finland (2:221/6.0)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/2 203/0 221/1 6 360 226/17 227/114 229/354 426 1014       SEEN-BY: 240/1120 1634 2100 5138 5832 5853 8001 8002 249/206 317 261/38       SEEN-BY: 280/5003 5006 5268 313/41 317/3 320/219 322/757 335/364 342/200       SEEN-BY: 393/68 2454/119       PATH: 221/6 1 280/5003 240/1120 5832 229/426           |
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