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To: ChildOfThe60s
If you had checked in Merriam Webster Dictionary.com you would have found that allude is an actual word, as is elude.

allude

elude

Notice especially the examples of ALLUDE and ELUDE and say you're Mē miseret (Latin for) sorry for your mistake

31 posted on 03/28/2015 6:23:36 AM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: Kaslin; ChildOfThe60s
While it is true that both allude and elude are real words, within the context, elude is the correct word to use.

The author's sentence is "Sadly, the gift of freedom given to all Americans by God will continue to allude blacks like utopia does liberals." In this context, the word "elude" (to avoid) makes more sense than the word "allude" (to make indirect reference).

The author was tripped up with the fact that spellchecker does not check for incorrect words, but only incorrect spelling, and the piece was not proofread carefully enough.

37 posted on 03/28/2015 6:31:57 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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