For parlour use the vague generality is a lifesaver.

George Ade
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  1. After being turned down by numerous publishers, he decided to write for posterity.

  2. 'Whom are you?' he asked for he had been to night school.

  3. Life is a series of relapses and recoveries.

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  5. He had been kicked in the head by a mule when young and believed everything he read in the Sunday papers.

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