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To   : Anton Shepelev
From : Ardith Hinton
Date : Thu Nov 20 2025 23:06:17

Hi, Anton!  Recently you wrote in a message to Mortar M.:

AS>  /to table/ occurs a lot in civilised English usage


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AS>  By /civilised/ I mean, of course, the use of English at a time
AS>  when only select few
     | Hmm.  I'd say "a select few" or "the select few" in this context

AS>  had a chance to preserve their writings, unlike our modern
AS>  barbaric age, when publishing one's text is no longer a hard-
AS>  earned privilege, so that any teenager generates publicly
AS>  readable noise at deafening levels.


        Yes.  As a former junior high school teacher I wonder how some people managed to pass grade eight English.  OTOH I can't be sure they did....  :-))




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