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Re: Question of the Day: What great English writer...?

#826601
From: Rachel
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 17:55
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On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 5:34:10 PM UTC-7, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> On 2022-07-16 8:31 p.m., George J. Dance wrote:
> > On 2022-07-16 7:55 p.m., ME wrote:
> >> On Friday, 15 July 2022 at 17:39:47 UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> >>> On Saturday, July 2, 2022 at 6:50:33 PM UTC, NancyGene wrote:
> >>>> More Hornblower:
> >>>>
> >>>> ("Beat to Quarters," p.238) "This Spanish way of making a show out of
> >>> insanity and greatness was repulsive enough, but could be paralleled
> >>> often enough in English history. One of the greatest writers of the
> >>> English language, and a dignitary of the Church to boot, had once been
> >>> shown in his dotage for a fee."
> >>>
> >>> Still no correct answer?
> >>>
> >>> This is obviously not a swift crowd.
> >>
> >>
> >> Just in case you missed that post, I submitted the correct answer s to NG
> >
> > I sure did that post. In what thread did you post it?
> >
> "I sure did miss that post...."

What is that s in NG's sentence? I don't get it. :-//

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