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|    Anton Shepelev to Alexander Koryagin    |
|    What did the boy do?    |
|    13 Nov 19 14:16:08    |
      MSGID: 2:221/360.0 5dcbf400       REPLY: 2:221/360.0 5dcba09a       PID: Sylpheed 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.24.23; i686-pc-mingw32)       CHRS: CP866 2       TZUTC: 0200       If I may propose corrections to Alexander Koryagin:              AK> ‘hildren very often have a poor appetite.              Omit the article.              AK> Their mothers often make them eat their food. The       AK> epidemic of excess weight is most likely connected with       AK> genetic changes that happen during many years and even       AK> generations.              I think it is rather due to indulgence in the vice of       gluttony. And fast carbohydrates are the most palatable.              AK> I believe this change has been caused by the fact that       AK> very many people live in stress, and food is a very       AK> effective antidepressant.              The ubiquotous "the fact that" is exceedingly cumbersome and       wont to appear whenever the author has given insufficient       thought to arranging the sentence. I avoid it at all costs,       together with the fused participle, e.g. "due to many       people's living in constant stress."              AK> And people who refused to smoke now have a little choice       AK> in replacing it with something else. :)              And people who *have* ceased smoking now have *but* little       choice *of* replacements.              My correctios are amentable to correction from other       readers!              ---        * Origin: nntps://fidonews.mine.nu - Lake Ylo - Finland (2:221/360.0)       SEEN-BY: 1/19 123 15/2 16/0 90/1 120/544 123/130 131 203/0 221/1 6       SEEN-BY: 221/360 227/114 229/354 426 1014 240/1120 2100 5138 5832       SEEN-BY: 240/5853 249/206 317 261/38 280/5003 317/3 320/119 219 322/0       SEEN-BY: 322/757 342/200 423/81 640/1384 2454/119       PATH: 221/1 320/219 240/5832 229/426           |
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