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Subject:Re: New words - where have you found them? From:Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> To:"McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com> Date:Mon, 8 Aug 2011 12:21:54 -0700
Would it help if I quoted with full context? I only wanted to wrap the
right word. Mark asked, "do the infelicities of their style" (obstruct
reader understanding). Is that still not proper usage?
-Tony
On 2011-08-08, at 11:40 AM, "McLauchlan, Kevin"
<Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com> wrote:
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tony Chung
>>
>> On 2011-08-08, at 8:34 AM, Mark Baker <mbaker -at- analecta -dot- com> wrote:
>>
>>> ... do the infelicities of their style
>>
>> And this is why I like hanging out in writers groups. I learn so many
>> new words.
>>
> And how to misuse old words.
>
> That should have been "...due to the..." :->
>
> - kevin (ducking and running)
>
> PS: Has someone been reading CJ Cherryh's "Foreigner" series? (one of my faves...)
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