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Erasmus saw that the distinction he was making was of central importance for the substance of the Annotations. Of course, it was not always clear where grammar ended and the res theologica began. ~ Latin Translation in the Renaissance: The Theory and Practice of Leonardo Bruni, Giannozzo Manetti and Desiderius Erasmus.

Preboarding the post-funct express

Aw c'mon, George's humor was never ill. - Sheila Lennon.

Correction

WSJ interview with GWB:

We have lost sight of what it means to be a nation willing to be aggressive in the world and spread freedom or deal with disease.

Given the Presidential penchant for malapropism, we helpfully unscramble:

We have lost sight of how to be a mean nation willing to be aggressive in the world and spread disease or deal with freedom.

Let us prey

The Wall Street Journal is well edited -- one rarely finds an error. But today, on the front page no less, a glaring, sorrowful exemplum of apostrophe abuse:



Easier to spot here:



As the Apostrophe Protection Society will maintain until the last vocable is uttered by the last humanoid, "Let's" = let us.

Could eagle-eyed Journal editors be distracted by the impending predation of Mr. Murdock?