Southern, New Jersey

[Jonathan Lighter]

While that ex. may just be a typo, the gratuitous comma between adj. & n. is endemic among undergraduate writers.

JL

"Mark A. Mandel" <mamandel at LDC.UPENN.EDU> wrote:
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A direct-mail ad from Marriott:
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Hmm... can't find it on the map. What's the ZIP code? Who's the mayor?

--mam

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