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To: noscreenname
No sweat. It's the Evil English Teacher Demon inside of me that bubbles to the surface now and again.

An easy mnemonic to help remember the difference is the first 5 letters of the word spell 'prove'.
"Provenance is required to prove authenticity."

10 posted on 05/26/2004 3:42:48 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,Election '04...It's going to be a bumpy ride,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Very good! I'll remember that!

Again, thank you. I always like to be 'American English correct'!


11 posted on 05/26/2004 4:59:00 PM PDT by noscreenname (>>>>New tagline under construction<<<<)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Thanks to you too--I just learned a new word today.


14 posted on 05/26/2004 11:54:11 PM PDT by beaversmom (Michael Medved has the Greatest radio show on GOD's Green Earth)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
"The claimants of the Holocaust-era painting by Vincent van Gogh"

Speaking of English, doesn't this sentence as written imply that the work was done in the 1940's?
36 posted on 05/28/2004 9:33:15 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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