{"id":5340,"date":"2004-04-05T07:18:53","date_gmt":"2004-04-05T14:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/04\/05\/well-of-course.html"},"modified":"2004-04-05T07:18:53","modified_gmt":"2004-04-05T14:18:53","slug":"well_of_course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/04\/05\/well_of_course.html","title":{"rendered":"Well, of course .."},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nYou are a GRAMMAR GOD<\/b>!
\nIf your mission in life is not already to
preserve the English tongue, it should be.
\nCongratulations, and thank you!
\nHow grammatically sound are you?<\/i><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

I only regret they don’t include the “right” answers.<\/p>\n

(via ASV<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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