[Ads-l] intrusive "of" intrudes further

[Wilson Gray]

On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 8:20 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> "The mustard" is the only substantive object I've ever encountered.
>

That's been my intuition. I remember with pleasure the discussion in which
it was clearly demonstrated that "... mustard" < "... muster" does not, in
fact, pass muster.


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