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Coffeebean!! Hi stranger, I missed you around here.
I thought it was the "then" you objected to which sounded normal to me. I would probably word it the way you would.
PS Faldage is wrong, you seem to cringe just fine without any professional help.
Last edited by Zed; 10/21/08 07:14 AM.
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Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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She was objecting to the then but seems to have decided that a hyphen will ease the transition to the word husband. Fine. That's cheaper than hiring professional help. She may need help later on for hyphen dependency, but if she's happy, I'm happy. I was going to suggest at the time as a substitute for then in the original sentence, but I guess now I don't need to.
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old hand
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old hand
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Yes she seems to be hyphenventilating, doesn't she? Perhaps reading a few good post modern novels (oxymoron?) with no punctuation whilst breathing into a paper bag might help? 
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