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Antonija Posted 20 years ago
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pricks of conscience

0Can you please tell me if it is ok to say that 01i00pricks of c. come after somebody02i00? Is it ok to say 01i00moderate vertigo02i00? Is it OK to say that Viagra can attack your heart?02br
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00In five minutes, 01font00pricks of conscience came after me02font00, 01font01font00moderate02font00 02font00vertigo, because Viagra can01font00 00attack02font00 your heart, medical counselors say so. 0-
  

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0Maybe-- 01i01font00****** of conscience assaulted me.02font02i02br
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00I don't know what to make of the rest of the sentence.0-
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0Hello Davkett!05002br
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00Thank you for your posts. Can you perhaps, tell me if 01i00attack02i00 is wrong or just sounds awkard? 02br
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00p.s. nevermind the rest of the sentence:)010id1
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01cite10Antonija12cite10 Can you perhaps, tell me if 11i10attack12i10 is wrong or just sounds awkard? 12br
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10As I said, the rest of the sentence (which includes 01i00attack)02i00 is hard to interpret--and I hesitate to suggest a revision w
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0"I was assailed by ****** of conscience"?02br
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00(Though I wonder whether it's a good idea to use "******", in this context.)02br
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01cite10MrPedantic12cite10(Though I wonder whether it's a good idea to use "******", in this context.)12br
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10I get the impression that the context for Antonija's questions is a piece of tongue-in-cheek writing. So...02br
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00(did you think my post here would in
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0Hi guys,02br
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00Gee, I just got through commenting on 'an ethical tight corner', and now I read all this.02br
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00I think someone should write a stiff post about this kind of thing.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi!02br
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00Here's the context. The wife wonders if she should give her husband a ****** because it can be harmful or even fatal for him. Davkett, you are right about the type of text I'm dealing with. 02br
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01i00Last week I wondered whether or not you should offer your man a ******, which culminated in testing it on a friend, the one 01f

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