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Word: correcting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...simply the chief of the French Commissariat General de I'Information. Another pet annoyance is to be told that France and Britain are fighting a "phony war," and last week, in a speech of high literary quality before the American Club in Paris, M. Giraudoux set about to correct any such notions held by transatlantic strategists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROPAGANDA: No Box Office | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

Here is the last 100% correct blast from Hu Flung Huey Jr. He wanted to pick four southern teams but the Midwest was his first love...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HUEY SENDS XMAS GREETINGS AND NEW YEAR BOWL SCORES | 12/19/1939 | See Source »

...Aside from the slip of giving one Dr. Cutter the other's title every thing in TIME'S story was substantially correct. Dr. Fishbein is denying in some cases things that TIME did not say; in others, quibbling on technicalities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 18, 1939 | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

...With what person do you spend the most time?" Correct answer: "With mother." Comment: This answer might mean one thing when given by a nine-year-old, quite another from a 16-year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Now, Oscar! | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

Every effort is made to get the work done without charge, and is many cases Salmen has been able to clear up the difficulty himself. The Committee on the Correct Use of English, the advisers, and the section men have also helped the students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Supervisors-- | 12/16/1939 | See Source »

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