Posts by deepstateretired@0sint.social
 (DIR) Post #ATVrPJxGJ9IFLq5FMu by deepstateretired@0sint.social
       2023-03-11T17:28:00Z
       
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       @grammargirl I am doing conversional English tutoring with some Ukrainians.  We almost always spend part of time working on idioms during our sessions.
       
 (DIR) Post #AUM0y250Yhajtf5JnE by deepstateretired@0sint.social
       2023-04-05T21:20:12Z
       
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       @grammargirl Does it play a jaunty tune to signal completion? We have one that does that.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVlF5UOR7sDqC93FHk by deepstateretired@0sint.social
       2023-05-17T21:15:06Z
       
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       @GottaLaff Having been part of an executive branch declassification program at one point during my long career.  I can assure that although the President may have the ultimate declassification authority in the end. This does not until a thorough review by the sometimes multiple agencies responsible for information in the documents. I spent many days in a SCIF at the National Archives  storage facility in College Park, MD doing this on behalf of my agency.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWFS2I4irCVR5EfjKy by deepstateretired@0sint.social
       2023-06-01T13:04:42Z
       
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       @grammargirl Never, it just doesn’t sound right to me.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWHxhZKz4CqPODMS0m by deepstateretired@0sint.social
       2023-06-02T18:08:56Z
       
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       @grammargirl I have always written it without a hyphen. Overall, it feels like hyphens are more a matter of personal preference than necessity in many cases.