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    04. is bizarre, following the wrong -> right format from the other entries. "You've got another thing coming" is correct!
    24. "Hone in" is perfectly useful in the same sense, just from a different angle. As in, to hone in an edge (of a blade), as in, to make a highly accurate approach to something.
    "Sorta" is cheating, it's just a slur of speech, just as it isn't incorrect to say something like "Me'n' my dad...".
    Pedantry is fun!

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    Last edited by Gadgy; February 11th, 2014 at 12:06 AM. Reason: a single full-stop

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