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From: ferreter <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Saturday, October 30, 1999 4:16 PM
> Henry Foglino , you wrote " I shellacked the only shell in my collection,
>a surf clam,"
>Hate to inform you of this small , somewhat insignificate detail but one
>shell does not constitute a collection. One of ANYTHING is singular, Two
is
>A COUPLE , it takes three of something to be a collection . so if you
really
>want to call it a collection you had better add two more "surf clams" .
Ferret:
Many thanks for the enlightment.
Hank