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Re: No!

#87424 11/20/2002 5:31 PM

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this too shall pass

tsuwm

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tsuwm

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Posts: 10,542
this too shall pass

>Third from the last is, at best, ambiguous.

that's why it's better to say, "the last but three", or fourth from the end.

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not quite the last tsuwm 11/20/2002 2:29 PM

Re: not quite the last Faldage 11/20/2002 2:46 PM

Re: not quite the last AnnaStrophic 11/20/2002 2:49 PM

Re: not quite the last wwh 11/20/2002 3:47 PM

Re: not quite the last Faldage 11/20/2002 3:54 PM

Re: not quite the last Wordwind 11/20/2002 5:15 PM

No! AnnaStrophic 11/20/2002 5:17 PM

Re: No! Wordwind 11/20/2002 5:22 PM

Re: No! AnnaStrophic 11/20/2002 5:25 PM

Re: No! Faldage 11/20/2002 5:28 PM

Re: No! tsuwm 11/20/2002 5:31 PM

Re: No! Wordwind 11/20/2002 5:34 PM

Re: No! Faldage 11/20/2002 5:40 PM

Re: No! Wordwind 11/20/2002 6:21 PM

Re: No! Buffalo Shrdlu 11/20/2002 6:48 PM

Re: No! birdfeed 11/20/2002 7:00 PM

Re: No! Faldage 11/20/2002 7:07 PM

Re: No! birdfeed 11/20/2002 7:17 PM

Re: No! nancyk 11/20/2002 7:11 PM

Re: No! Faldage 11/20/2002 6:57 PM

Re: Yes! Faldage 11/20/2002 7:33 PM

Re: Yes! Wordwind 11/20/2002 9:18 PM

Re: Yes! tsuwm 11/20/2002 9:37 PM

Re: Yes! Wordwind 11/20/2002 9:46 PM

Re: Yes! Wordwind 11/20/2002 10:14 PM

Re: No! Wordwind 11/20/2002 5:26 PM

Re: No! Faldage 11/20/2002 5:31 PM

Re: not quite the last tsuwm 11/20/2002 5:24 PM

lasting ends AnnaStrophic 11/20/2002 5:34 PM

Re: The penultimate word sjm 11/20/2002 8:57 PM

What's on second Jackie 11/21/2002 3:10 AM

Re: What's on second tsuwm 11/21/2002 4:41 AM

Re: What's on second Faldage 11/21/2002 10:58 AM

Re: My Trivialities Wordwind 11/21/2002 1:08 PM

Re: My Trivialities Faldage 11/21/2002 1:38 PM

Re: My Trivialities RhubarbCommando 11/22/2002 10:26 AM

Re: My Trivialities Wordwind 11/22/2002 12:49 PM

For the Record Faldage 11/22/2002 1:53 PM

Re: For the Record wsieber 11/22/2002 2:14 PM

Re: For the Record Bean 11/22/2002 3:06 PM

Re: For the Record tsuwm 11/22/2002 3:10 PM

Re: For the Record Bean 11/22/2002 3:14 PM

First, last, and always wofahulicodoc 11/22/2002 9:05 PM

Re: First, last, and always Buffalo Shrdlu 11/22/2002 9:07 PM

Re: First, last, and always AnnaStrophic 11/22/2002 9:11 PM

Re: First, last, and always Wordwind 11/22/2002 9:36 PM

Re: For the Record Wordwind 11/22/2002 10:38 PM

Re: First, last, and always wsieber 11/25/2002 11:07 AM

re: Stephwen wofahulicodoc 11/25/2002 1:48 PM

Re: re: Stephwen Faldage 11/25/2002 1:54 PM

Re: What's on second tsuwm 11/21/2002 3:33 PM

Re: What's on second Jackie 11/22/2002 1:13 AM

Re: not quite the last milum 11/23/2002 2:01 AM

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