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Saturday 15 March 2014
Spellchecking Is Never Enough, # 115
The omission of the direct article here makes quite a difference to the meaning:
Source: Robin Allen, Out of the Frying Pan (Woodbury, MN: MIdnight Ink, 2013), p. 160. Link: Amazon
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