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The analysis of 74,000 short stories found that their written work was littered with Americanisms, exclamation marks and references to celebrities.

WOW!! I wasn't aware that the Brits got the exclamation mark from the Americans!!

70 posted on 06/01/2012 4:41:43 AM PDT by Fresh Wind ('People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
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To: Fresh Wind

WOW! The statement doesn’t say they did! It says Americanisms, exclamations marks and references to celebrities! The comma after Americanisms stands for ‘and’ in a list! Read the damn sentence properly!!!!


73 posted on 06/01/2012 4:49:20 AM PDT by Vanders9
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