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Show Stickler for Good Diction Meets Stickler for Facts Several men were seated around a table, reminiscing. One fellow, who had been trying to tell his story for. some time, finally broke in: "On the day on which my wedding wed-ding occurred " "You'll pardon the correction," broke in the correct dictionist, "but affairs such as marriages, receptions, dinners, and things of that sort 'take place.' It is only such things as calamities which 'occur.' You see the distinction, I am sure." The "corrected" one thought for a moment, then replied: "Yes, I see. As I was saying before I was interrupted, on the day on which my wedding occurred " |