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Old 05-12-2012, 08:15 PM   #25 (permalink)
Stan
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Originally Posted by California98Civic View Post
Yeah, I see that now. I was a bit confused by your phrasing for describing trade-ins by using "on" instead of "for". Maybe that's normal usage. But it's not normal to me, so it threw me off a little and left me wondering what you were claiming and whether it was in the article.

That's clearer. But there's that "on" again.
Prepositions...how do they work?

J/k...because of where I lived my formative years I do speak, and especially write, somewhat differently to most Americans. My west coast accent is very good, though!

Stan and California98Civic: two ecomodders separated by a common language.
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