"the odd ____ out"

[Scot LaFaive]

Or the odd balls out.

Scot


>From: Charles Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU>
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>Subject: "the odd ____ out"
>Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:38:12 -0500
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>Poster:       Charles Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU>
>Subject:      "the odd ____ out"
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>Since the topic of my student's paragraph (in a comparative essay for a
>final exam) was a Shakespearean female, the character could hardly be
>referred to as a MAN.  The student's sentence came out this way: "In that
>respect, Portia is the odd ball out."
>
>--Charlie
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