• And just to clarify, when people refer to braces, they are really talking about orthodontia.

    I'm usually discussing ways of keeping my trousers from falling down. My father-in-law is a carpenter and has a different take on the word altogether.

    The last time someone really pushed my button on the topic of punctuation was when I told one of my colleagues to use an apostrophe and he asked me if that was the "comma up in the air". I was very impressed with the way that I managed to refrain from comment at the time.

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    Scott