to = for

[Jonathan Lighter]

That makes sense without excusing it.

JL

On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 8:21 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:

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> In this case, possible confusion with by "pretender"?
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> m a m
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> On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
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> > 1993 Norrie Epstein _The Friendly Shakespeare_ (N.Y.: Penguin) 289:
> Edward
> > de Vere...is now regarded as the leading contender to Shakespeare's crown
> >
> > Epstein doesn't claim that Edward, Earl of Oxford, really wrote
> > Shakespeare's plays; just that some people think so and, even though
> Oxford
> > died before some of the plays were supposedly written, you never can
> tell,
> > can you?
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> > JL
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