Re: Boiling water

On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 14:21:17 -0500 Robert Lieblich <r_s_lieblich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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} And what grammatical function does "another problem" serve?

Object of the one verb and two prepositions in the trebly compound main
sentence. You're acting like you don't know anyone who talks object
first. I wrote it and at least two people got it. I'll plead to the
constructive Oy!, I say, but that's it. If you add a "that", you deserve
the pickle it gets you into.

Even the real Supreme Court reverses itself sometimes.

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rjv

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