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  Words for the Day; please share

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  greetings, word lovers:.

  in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.

  one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.

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  Oh, yeah!

  Another one, stillin:

  The diminutive but quick-witted boy quashed all the verbal arrows slung his way with snappy rejoinders. (not squashed)
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  Does Anyone Know The "Real" Attitude That JWs Have Towards "Inactive Ones"?

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  does the rank and file or the elders view us as disassociated or disfellowshipped or simply "weak" or possibly a "prodigal son" type?.

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  Last year's RC lambasted the inactive and suggested that the publishers should avoid close association with them, even if they are family members. -- EdenOne

  
  Inactive ones are treated with suspicion and don't expect to be invited to social gatherings. Not that any inactive one would like to be in the midst of mindless robots. -- krismalone

  Since it's official, I see everything much more clearly now.
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  Words for the Day; please share

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  greetings, word lovers:.

  in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.

  one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.

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  crews (teams)

  cruz (cross, in Spanish)

  cruise (ocean-bound trip)

  cruse (earthenware vessel, as in the OT "widow's cruse")

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  invade (overrun, infiltrate)

  inveighed (railed against, with hostility)
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  Words for the Day; please share

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  greetings, word lovers:.

  in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.

  one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.

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  Time flies like an arrow.

  Fruit flies like a banana. -- Landy

  COOL!
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  Words for the Day; please share

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  greetings, word lovers:.

  in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.

  one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.

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  compound complex

  Thank you, fellow word identifiers, for your entries! I'm enjoying them.

  Happy lexicographic trails!
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  Words for the Day; please share

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  greetings, word lovers:.

  in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.

  one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.

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  You're welcome, Terry, and thank you for your post.

  Through the work of editing a courtroom thriller, my client gave me THE BEDFORD BIBLIOGRAPHY for TEACHERS OF WRITING, Fourth Edition, by Patricia Bizzell and Bruce Herzberg.

  Likewise, I was gobsmacked that there is so much more underlying the theory and practice of writing. Similar to your entries, there is concern not to hurt the feelings of "basic writers," et al.

  My already overloaded brain is in overwhelm mode . . .
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  Words for the Day; please share

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  greetings, word lovers:.

  in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.

  one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.

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  Good morning, stillin:

  It's more like homophones, -nyms, and -graphs!

  But yes, I am a hunter, relentless in my pursuit. Sometimes, I wish I could turn off my brain and just read a book without a pencil and a Webster's in hand.

  THANKS!
  
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  What We Truly Deserve Is...Death, Really WT?

  by JW_Rogue in

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  i have seen this statement or similar ones popping up in the study edition of the wt lately.

  whenever they talk about undeserved kindness or jesus ransom they add this little gem to get the point across.

  this is sick, why do they feel the need to tear down people's self esteem?

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  I have no references to back it up, but I recall (from years of reading materials proscribed by the WT) that ancient religions (goddess-based, Druidism, etc.) had no concept of "original sin." There was no need for a redeemer.

  Of course, long before Christianity were religions whose "leader'" was a so-called messiah.
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  Words for the Day; please share

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  greetings, word lovers:.

  in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.

  one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.

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  Greetings, word lovers:

  In my job, I work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking. One word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound. Additionally, some words are spelled the same but have different meanings and pronunciations.

  I came across immanent yesterday and checked to see why the author had "misspelled" imminent. He had not. I should have seen, from the context, that he was describing the inherent quality of a matter, not its impending nearness.

  eminent: famous

  imminent: about to happen

  immanent: inherent

  PLEASE ADD YOUR WORD(S).

  THANKS!
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  "Everything Has a Purpose"

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  teleology: the assignment of purpose to everything.. "native dualism and native teleology predispose us, given the right conditions, to religion, .

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  -- the god delusion, by richard dawkins, page 210.

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  Teleology: the assignment of purpose to everything.

  "Native dualism and native teleology predispose us, given the right conditions, to religion, . . ."

  -- The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins, page 210