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   James Dow Allen to All   
   Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 12   
   06 Aug 25 22:06:43   
   
   XPost: rec.puzzles, alt.usage.english   
   From: user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   James Dow Allen  posted:   
      
   >   
   > Here's a similar puzzle.   
   > To make it difficult, I don't show word lengths   
   >   
   > 123456789ABCD - famous claim from philosophy   
   >   
   > This phrase is obtained by concatenating five English words in this order:   
   > * a small part   
   > * a pronoun   
   > * a word that occurs twice in a famous 1st stanza   
   > * a verb with dozens of dictionary entries   
   > * often appears at the end of a restaurant meal   
      
   Before I'm accused of a Violation™, let me point out that one of the   
   five English words contains a punctuation mark.   
   (Still, the word is shown in all five dictionaries I checked.)   
      
   The famous claim from philosophy is often presented with a punctuation   
   mark which, although a different mark from the one mentioned in the   
   previous paragraph, lines up in the proper position with that other   
   mark when the five words are concatenated.   
      
   (I'm afraid my mention of "different marks" and "lining up" is   
   confusing.  Oh well, ignore this hint, or treat it as another puzzle!)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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