There is nothing so annoying as a good example.
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Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very"; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.
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It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.
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I have made it a rule never to smoke more than one cigar at a time.
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An author values a compliment even when it comes from a source of doubtful competency.
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