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Thursday, March 10, 2005

Today's Picky Grammar Lesson

Attention: The word "apropos" is not a synonym for "appropriate."

It is a synonym for "With regard to..." or "Within the bounds of..." The correct syntax is "Apropos of ____...", as in "Apropos of this discussion, I've never read the Book of Mormon."

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