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At 06:37 30/05/2008, STAHLKE, HERBERT F wrote:
>. . . we don't generally like to repeat a syllable
>immediately. Notice how we can say "He's becoming a good
>grammarian" but tend to avoid "He may be becoming a good
>grammarian," and if we say it in normal speech we'll drop one of the "be"s.
DD: A really great point that was new to me. I appreciate the concept
and thank you for the insight. I like things that make me stop and
think, and that really did.
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