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   Message 143,134 of 144,834   
   Beaver Fever to Snidely   
   Re: Question About Writing   
   12 Oct 20 14:15:46   
   
   From: Beaver_Fever@live.com   
      
   On Monday, October 12, 2020 at 2:11:09 PM UTC-7, Snidely wrote:   
   > On Sunday, Beaver Fever exclaimed wildly:   
   > > Is using a thesaurus because the right word doesn't come to me naturally   
   > > considered cheating?   
   >   
   > Less of a garden path:   
   > "Is using a thesaurus considered cheating when the right word doesn't   
   > come to me naturally?"   
   >   
   > /dps   
   >   
   > --   
   > "I'm glad unicorns don't ever need upgrades."   
   > "We are as up as it is possible to get graded!"   
   > _Phoebe and Her Unicorn_, 2016.05.15   
      
      
      
   I do have a professional copy editor to employ if I really want it to look   
   good.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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