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Originally Posted by barbara_em
From JohnHL:
Ouch!
Don't hold back, tell me what you really think! 
I've been told I'm an opinionated biddy and suppose that's true. It's too late to change my spots now. At least I try not to tell people they're wrong when it's a matter of opinion. Quoting Col Cooper who was quoting an unnamed judge, "I may be wrong, but I'm never in doubt."
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I hear you.
I've also been criticized for the "certainty" of my opinions.
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As for realizing you ended your statement with a preposition, that makes you positively old school.
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C'est vrai. Je suis vielle ecole.
Surprising, since most of the schools I attended were new
sixty years ago.
I also revere the Oxford comma.
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I had a faculty friend who actually told me such things as phrase ending prepositions, dangling participles, and split infinitives didn't matter. "I mean, like, it's only language, ya know. I mean, get a life!"
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Reasoned thought depends upon the precise and concise exchange of knowledge.
And it is refined communication skills which facilitate that exchange.
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Back on topic, I wonder if a 39-2 backstrap could be jury-rigged into a 39XX? I don't see how, but there are members such as you who could probably make it work.
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I couldn't see how to make it work either.
That's part of the reason I modified the 669 backstrap.
That looked a lot easier (and I love easier).
John