Catamounts, sea bears, and camels

[hw gray]

On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 6:37 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

> Why didn't I look up that?!


Why didn't you use

"Why didn't I look that up?"

Is "look up that" okay with you or is it a slip? I have an English friend
who uses this structure in speech, but I've never seen it written, before.
--
-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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