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#51 Post by Bob Juch » Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:44 pm

I was reminded on mine today: the misplaced "only".

The grocery store I frequent has a sign "Employees may only smoke on the loading dock." That's entirely different from "Employees may smoke only on the loading dock."
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