The Dictionary of American Diction, No. 20

     

Please leave a number that I can reach you. 

  We are requesting that when staff are making personal cell calls, that you please make them in the breakroom.  Thank you for your digression and cooperation.

  If it was worth my wild, I would do it.

  "...steer the conversation to the other person and give them the chance to talk about his or herself."  Lindsay Robertson, blogging on janemag.com

  "I self taught myself HTML..." Indeed you did.

  I wanted to share the following with you for the Dictionary.  It's from a classified ad: "5 year old female black lab.  Spade, current shots, micro-chipped.  Free to a good country home."

   "The suspension of oil purchases for the federal emergency oil reserve is likely to have only modest impact since relative little extra oil will be involved." Nedra Pickler, Associated Press Writer (Hey, we're just cracking on grammar --> http://www.prospect.org/webfeatures/2004/01/yglesias-m-01-20.html)

  "And Iran, has said it would not use an oil embargo as a political weapon." Steve Hargreaves, CNNMoney.com staff writer. May 3, 2006.

It has been blamed for bankruptcies in sectors ranging from groceries and toys. Emily Kaiser (Reuters)


 


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