Common mistake Pronoun + noun

Pronoun + Noun

Pronouns can be tricky, especially when they are used in conjunction with nouns. One common mistake is improper agreement between a pronoun and its noun. It is important to use pronouns that match the gender and number of the nouns they are referring to.

Examples:

Incorrect: John told me that him and his wife are going on vacation.
Correct: John told me that he and his wife are going on vacation.

In the incorrect example, the pronoun "him" does not match the gender of the noun "John". It should be replaced with the pronoun "he". Similarly, the possessive pronoun "his" should be used instead of "him" to agree with the noun "John".

Using an incorrect pronoun can lead to confusion and make the sentence grammatically incorrect. It is essential to double-check the agreement between pronouns and nouns to ensure clear and accurate communication.

Linguix grammar checker can help identify and correct errors related to pronoun + noun agreement, ensuring that your writing is clear, concise, and grammatically correct.

Pronoun + noun mistake examples

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I downtown went yesterday.
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It alpha decays to the extremely long-lived (in practice, ...
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I went downtown yesterday.
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I'm going to send it to you if needed.
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Sarah was discerning enough to realize that her friends were trying to prank her.
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More than half of US children diagnosed with ASD are prescribed psychoactive dr...
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She's got a fair complexion while her brother is very dark.
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Her garden is a work of art.
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Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life.
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This is for all you Star Wars lovers.
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Part of what motivates me to cope with ME/CFS the best I can is to make things easier for the people I love.
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We men are used to waiting for the women.
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Isn't it something like that?
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UAB Hospital is the only Level I trauma center in Alabama.
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Her eyes were shining with joy.
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They competed for it by giving speeches on why they were the bravest afte...
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Are you in jest or in earnest?
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...antic interest was Ann Rutledge, whom he met when he first moved to New Salem; by 1835, they were in a relat...
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He first articulated this in 1837, saying, "[The] Institut...
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...y 12, was never a national holiday, but it was at one time observed by as many as 30 states.
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One kinship cue is facial resemblance.
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You two are the nucleus of the team.
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I sent to you other bank documents.
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World War I veterans.
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Napoleon promptly responded by ordering a counter-attack by the cuirassier brigades of Farine and Travers and Jaquinot's two Chevau-léger (lancer) regiments in the I Corps light cavalry division.
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You students are supposed to be diligent.
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Did any of you gentlemen wait on this man?
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...about the Polish actress Pola Negri, which became her first published work.
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...ld be Rand, possibly as a Cyrillic contraction of her birth surname, and she adopted the first name Ayn, eith...
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...d struggled in Hollywood and took odd jobs to pay her basic living expenses.
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Both she and her husband worked full-time in volunteer positions for the 1...
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...when the book was done, she was so exhausted that her doctor ordered two weeks' rest.
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Her testimony described the disparity between her personal expe...
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Her testimony described the disparity between her personal experiences in the Soviet Union and the portrayal...
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...d music to sexuality and facial hair, and some of her followers mimicked her preferences, wearing clothes to matc...
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...d and promoted her Objectivist philosophy through her nonfiction works and by giving talks to students at institut...
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... We the Living (which Rand later revised), and in her overall writing style.
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During Rand's lifetime, her work evoked both extreme praise and condemnation.
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...Rand's nonfiction received far fewer reviews than her novels had.
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Rand and her works have been referred to in a variety of media: on t...
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During Rand's lifetime her work received little attention from academic scholars....
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...consideration of Rand as a literary figure during her life was even more limited.
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Since Rand's death, interest in her work has gradually increased.
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In 1794, US Congress voted for funds appropriation for warship constru...
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In March of this year the US government authorized war against the Barbary States, giving...
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It helps us in times of difficulty.
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He OD'd on cocaine.
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I rec'd notice and will be attending meeting as will David Portz with Enron.
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...ight (Berber) as a national language and teaching it in schools.
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Although her house is nearby, I seldom see her.
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Galt marks the pinnacle of everything Dagny seeks in the world and is the kind of man alluded...
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Her eyes become round in surprise.
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As her motives become more clear, Lillian is found to share the ...
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Her actions are explained as the desire to destroy achievemen...
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Her heart was throbbing with excitement.
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With her heart pounding, she opened the door.
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Her husband quit shortly after Galt did and joined the strike...
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Her lead allows Dagny to find Hugh Akston.
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...he customs of peoples considered "different" from themselves in terms of geography.
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There is only one day left, whether we like it or not.
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...uantitative substance of all bodies first reveals itself in differentiated form."
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The chairman would only make her comments off the record.
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Her face was animated by joy.
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Her tears formed the river Achelous.
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Apollo complained to Maia that her son had stolen his cattle, but Hermes had already rep...
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The Greek sculptors tried to clarify it by looking for mathematical proportions, just as the...
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...d Federer, who was seeking his second consecutive US Open title and his sixth Grand Slam title in two years...
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The school stands about one mile off.
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Generally speaking, we Japanese are a little too timid in speaking foreign langua...
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... absent for long periods, and is forgiven because her excuses are so convincing and she "purred so affectionate...
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Her absence went unnoticed until the end of the meeting.
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We Japanese live on rice.
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We Japanese come of age at twenty.
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We students are now at our best.
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...general change from small patchworks of fields to one large open field divided into strips owned by various m...
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As of 2000 the top six US supermarket groups had 50% of sales compared to 32% in 1992.
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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When prices decline, the heavily subsidized US farmer is not forced to reduce his output, making it dif...
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...and it's on about two-thirds of an acre, and when we first bought it I spent several hours every week gettin...
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Her eyes have sunk through overwork.
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Her cheeks were tinged with red by the warmth of fire.
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She scraped her shoes clean before she entered the house.
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...spring-tydes or great rigs of the sea, they fetch it in sacks on horse backes, and carie the same three, ...
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One technique used in factorial designs is to minimize replicat...
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... typically compare two sets of groups means where one set has two or more groups (e.g., compare average gro...
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Why did her father go to Japan?
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Please give me something hot to drink.
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Lend me something interesting to read.
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In 2009, on her album Running for the Drum, Buffy Sainte-Marie released...
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Her version contained some new lyrics, as well as a small mod...
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...e Saturn V launch vehicle using an unmanned Block I production model of the Apollo Command and Service Module in...
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He amazed everyone by passing his driving test.
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...e parachutes dragged the spacecraft over and left it upside down, in what was termed Stable 2 position.
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...sh citizens their natural rights and dehumanizing them by viewing them as a mere commodity.
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Two letters representing one sound is widely used in Hungarian as well (where, for i...
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Off hand, I'd say her problem is shyness.
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Miss Ito made her students work hard.
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Let us students contribute to the welfare of the victims of the e...
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...hauer's court testimony, she deliberately annoyed him by raising her voice while standing right outside hi...
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Her companion testified that she saw Marquet prostrate outside ...
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When she died, he wrote on a copy of her death certificate, Obit anus, abit onus ("The old woman...
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...e so by giving them the opportunity of slandering me by saying that I defend and commend pederasty."
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Her name wasn't on the list.
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...to a recent Human Rights Watch report, 32 billion US dollars disappeared from government accounts from 2007 to...
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Finally, Susan cuts her mother short, promises to write, and hangs up.
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...e great trade routes and the agreements that made them possible were the driving force for activities between the...
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If her temperature goes up, send for the doctor.
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...n't made waves about it, she never would have got her money back.
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Her systems were made to be similar to a human's.
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Her fate is unknown, but the contents of a letter Einstein...
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During one reception given to him, the building was "stormed by throng...
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...ave to go to Kyoto once more, I will have visited it four times this year.
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Mary took her beauty sleep before the big party.
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Mary stood with her hand shading her eyes.
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Mary put her piano up for sale.
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Mary and her sister took turns at looking after their sick mother.
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When Mary was a child, her family was dirt poor.
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The US government identified Osama bin Laden, Khalid Sheikh Mohamme...
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Max explained to Julie why he could not go to her farewell party.
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... which can vary between and 530 km2, out of which one third belongs to Albania and rest to Montenegro.
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...nicity other than what was written down on his or her birth certificate.
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...Approximately 681,000 people with over 100,000 of them women went to the front, while the total population of ...
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...ons with the European Union and could potentially one day apply for membership.
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Paul wasn't with Mary when her purse was stolen.
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She got into hot water when her boyfriend called her at work.
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Helen always keeps her room clean.
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...esting requirements vary, so a particular rank in one organization is not comparable or interchangeable with the ran...
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The very thought of snakes makes her turn pale.
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Betty sat in the chair with her legs crossed.
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Beth protested, but her mother reminded her that she was incredibly fat.
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Mrs. Baker had her purse stolen.
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...female nude, hooded detainee strapped to a chair, her legs open to reveal her sexual organs, surrounded by t...
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French is her mother tongue.
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While swimming in the pool, she lost her locker key.
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What happens when one number is zero, both numbers are zero?
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On getting off the bus, she heard her name called.
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...summation of her marriage to Philip, dreamed that her womb was struck by a thunder bolt, causing a flame tha...
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...ageira, which Philip had razed, and to repopulate it by buying and freeing the ex-citizens who were slave...
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...gyius, and had the Corinthians bring Thessalus to him in chains.
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...eities and believed that Alexander meant to deify himself by requiring it.
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The one exception was a call to arms by Spartan king Agis III in 33...
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...primary reason behind this is Bangladeshi IT companies are providing high quality services at a...
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The essential feature of bipolar I disorder is a clinical course characterized by the ...
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I so loved this spot, that when I sold the house, I kept the island.
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It so happened that they were not there.
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This group worked against the Nazis, and in it Camus assumed the nom de guerre Beauchard.
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The position carried with it extraordinary powers over the Berlin city government and made S...
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Who Shall I Say is Calling \u0026amp; Other Stories S. Deziemianowicz, ed....
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At the Tier I Family Circle Cup, Kournikova reached her second WTA Tou...
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He was calling you several times today.
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I wanted to offer you white airbrushes
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I will tell him to send you coupon codes.
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I transferred you Admin rights.
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You could do it if needed.
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Is it anything like mine.
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Is it something like meat?
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I could hire you if needed.
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Hugo Chávez stated that "[t]he world is for all of us...
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Is it worth adding the extra money?
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And name it something like ...
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I can offer you Lifetime Warranty.
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As I Lay Dying.
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Are we army officers?
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You Russians are really wonderful people.
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I rec'd notice and will be attending meeting
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As of 2013, at least 61 Apple I computers are documented to exist (plus an indefinite number of possible unreported cases).
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Schedule I substances are those that have the following findings:

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