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Yetti
02-05-2005, 11:47 PM
check out the stats on the warrenty


http://detroit.craigslist.org/car/58527651.html

Yetti
02-05-2005, 11:47 PM
check out the stats on the warrenty


http://detroit.craigslist.org/car/58527651.html

DRTYFN
02-05-2005, 11:51 PM
add** *
v. add·ed, add·ing, adds
v. tr.
To combine (a column of figures, for example) to form a sum.

To join or unite so as to increase in size, quantity, quality, or scope: added 12 inches to the deck; flowers that added beauty to the dinner table.

To say or write further.


v. intr.
To find a sum in arithmetic.

To constitute an addition: an exploit that will add to her reputation.

To create or make an addition: gradually added to my meager savings.



Phrasal Verb:
add up
To be reasonable, plausible, or consistent; make sense: The witness's testimony simply did not add up.

To amount to an expected total: a bill that didn't add up.

To formulate an opinion of: added up the other competitors in one glance.


Idiom:
add up to
To constitute; amount to: The revisions added up to a lot of work.



ad**
n.
An advertisement.


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LasVegas
02-06-2005, 02:22 AM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by DRTYFN:
_add_
v. add·ed, add·ing, adds
v. tr.
To combine (a column of figures, for example) to form a sum.

To join or unite so as to increase in size, quantity, quality, or scope: added 12 inches to the deck; flowers that added beauty to the dinner table.

To say or write further.


v. intr.
To find a sum in arithmetic.

To constitute an addition: an exploit that will add to her reputation.

To create or make an addition: gradually added to my meager savings.



Phrasal Verb:
add up
To be reasonable, plausible, or consistent; make sense: The witness's testimony simply did not add up.

To amount to an expected total: a bill that didn't add up.

To formulate an opinion of: added up the other competitors in one glance.


Idiom:
add up to
To constitute; amount to: The revisions added up to a lot of work.



_ad_
n.
An advertisement.


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Humph. Last time I posted something like this I got preached to that I was giving internet english lessons. My my, what Deity status can get away with! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

PARAGON
02-06-2005, 02:44 AM
ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder

KenP
02-06-2005, 03:30 AM
Garbage.

ChuckE
02-06-2005, 06:40 PM
God, DTYFN, (is that synonymous?) are you going to correct him on his spelling of warranty, also?

DRTYFN
02-06-2005, 08:09 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ChuckE:
God, DTYFN, (is that synonymous?) are you going to correct him on his spelling of warranty, also? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

No, just the one GLARING misspelling in the FRIGGIN' subject line!!! For my sake, how hard is it to differentiate between ad & add? Maybe a little proofreading wouldn't hurt either.
I think he's doing it on purpose.
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