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The future is unwritten
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Sentence Exercise
This sentence was written by someone with too much time on their hands.
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First word, one letter. Second word, two letters. Third word, three letters. etc.
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06-27-2009, 02:44 AM
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Neurotic's Creed:
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06-27-2009, 10:17 AM
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06-27-2009, 10:22 AM
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Makes some feel uncomfortable
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06-27-2009, 10:27 AM
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Yes, but it's not totally out of line to use illegibly like that. Something could be "illegibly huge" or "illegibly ugly." Awkward, but not strictly incorrect.
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06-27-2009, 11:38 AM
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True - adverbs can also modify modifiers.
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06-27-2009, 12:22 PM
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This topic just discussed on Car Talk.
Woot!
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07-21-2009, 03:06 PM
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What is special about this sentence exercise?
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read it aloud.
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07-21-2009, 03:22 PM
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What kind of fuzzy furriner are you to say "zed" instead of "zee?"
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07-21-2009, 03:29 PM
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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Zed's dead.
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07-21-2009, 03:44 PM
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Zed? Wasn't he the general in Superman II?
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07-21-2009, 03:58 PM
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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No, he was the "soon to be in agonizing pain rapist" in Pulp Fiction.
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07-21-2009, 04:11 PM
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is fleeing the scene
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I want a pot.
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07-21-2009, 05:45 PM
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07-21-2009, 05:47 PM
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Zod verus Zardoz
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