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Hanuman_2000 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

A baker's dozen

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— Hanuman_2000

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0 Hello Teachers, 02br
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0 In the 13th century bakers were considered with suspicion, bread was of no fixed size, weight or content. Laws were passed to ensure the people got a fair amount of bread for their money, and penalties were high, to ensure they provided good measure bakers added an extra item to every order of 12. Thus they could never be accused of under-selling ! 0-
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0 Thank you Guest. That's really interesting. 0-
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