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#1 2009-06-23 23:01:43

PCleary
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"Positive strives"

A letter from a student asking the reader to look at the “positive strives” she has made.

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#2 2009-06-24 03:25:56

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Re: "Positive strives"

Welcome to the forum, PCleary.

This was posted about a year ago by Craig C Clarke. Here’s his post: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/view … hp?id=2675

Craig notes that “stride” also replaces “strive” in some contexts. I’m getting 83 unique hits for “making great strives” today—fairly respectable.

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