Dyslexia and English Orthography was "surprise"

[Randy Alexander]

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 12:39 AM, <ronbutters at aol.com> wrote:

> But how like him to ignore the evidence and cling tenaciously to an
> irreleva=
> nt statistic in support of an impossible course of action.


Insulting wording.  How about:
But he is ignoring the evidence and clinging tenaciously to an irrelevant
statistic in support of an impossible course of action.

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Randy Alexander
Jilin City, China
My Manchu studies blog:
http://www.bjshengr.com/manchu

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