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Subject: Re: Abuses of the net
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Date: Sun, 23-Nov-86 02:04:52 EST
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I must say that I am also appalled. Everyone knows that "shit-for-brains" is
an adjective, and so the sentence "You have shit-for-brains" is grammatically
incorrect. The correct way to say it is to leave the hyphens out: "You have
shit for brains".