"To whit ..."

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On May 26, 2008, at 9:34 AM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> "... I am skeptical of any tool that promises an escape from the
> consumer-explotation juggernaut. _To whit_ ..."
>
> Three Google hits...

i couldn't find "to whit" on the Tolstoy site, and the third hit has
the proper name "Whit" (short for "Whitley").

it looks like a very rare mis-spelling.

arnold

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