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Peaceblinkfriend Posted 18 years ago
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"on the verge of -collpase-"

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02br 00Well, the spelling of both would be equally wrong. 01i 00 Collapse02i 00 vs 01i 00collapsing02i 00 here would mean virtually the same thing, though the writer might be accentuating the action by using the gerund. 0-

— Mister Micawber

  • 02br 00Well, the spelling of both would be equally wrong.
  • 01i 00 Collapse02i 00 vs 01i 00collapsing02i 00 here would mean virtually the same thing, though the writer might be accentuating the action by using the gerund.
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00Well, the spelling of both would be equally wrong. 01i00 Collapse02i00 vs 01i00collapsing02i00 here would mean virtually the same thing, though the writer might be accentuating the action by using the gerund. 0-
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0Oh yes those were typos 05000.02br
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00I see so they mean the same thing here.02br
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