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To: TruthShallSetYouFree; SoothingDave
of interest to pedants, and Truthy!
24 posted on 06/23/2014 6:32:34 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: SoothingDave
and, in fact, Bryan Garner addresses you by name:

Or if you’re a sesquipedalian pedant, accuse your interlocutor of petitio principii. And don’t beg anyone’s pardon.

25 posted on 06/23/2014 6:36:28 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

Someone just used it incorrectly on the funny pages the other day. How apt.


26 posted on 06/23/2014 6:38:00 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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