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#1 2010-06-29 20:19:47

klakritz
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From: Winchester Massachusetts
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 674

'shallow of doubt' for 'shadow of doubt'

The imagery is obscure, but it’s kind of poetic. Examples:

Honestly, without a shallow of a doubt I think Capcom is arguably the best third party company on the Wii as of right now.
www.siliconera.com/.../sales-of-zack-wi … f-sluggish

... I have always been blessed and my life has always been amazing I can say without a shallow of a doubt god has given me many gifts …
www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2652985040&topic=2786…

... but we know beyond any shallow of doubt that Eliphalet (1711 — 1778) was killed in the massacre from his name being on the monument …
www.archive.org/stream/.../follettdewey … d_djvu.txt

... neither do I entertain a shallow of doubt that the motives of my respected adversary are equally pure and disinterested as my own …
books.google.com/books?id=Y38tAAAAIAAJ…

Now throughout the picture Ben Stiller was crazy without a shallow of doubt and this picture was great to see and funny…
www.moviedir.com/.../dodgeball-a-true-u … e-118.html

I know without a shallow of doubt, the Lord brought her into my life.
books.google.com/books?isbn=1615661387

It should give us hope because it proves beyond the shallow of a doubt that professional bass fishing is a skill that can be learned …
www.orleanscountybass.com/President_s_Corner.php

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#2 2010-06-30 03:18:10

patschwieterman
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From: California
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 1680

Re: 'shallow of doubt' for 'shadow of doubt'

I like this one – it has a weird of lyricism I find appealing.

I wonder whether any of the writers are aware of the phrase “shallows of doubt,” for which Google provides 9 examples. Its maritime metaphor typically evokes the danger of uncertainty:

Whilst still moving hesitatingly through the shallows of doubt and of uncertain opinion no man is free.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/gladstone-2.shtml

Father, I grope amid the shallows of doubt and fear, but I long to advance toward the light.
http://www.closedforums.org/c4pda.com/35/25655/0/
[A quotation the writer attributes to Albert Schweitzer.]

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