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Chris -- 2018-04-11
A letter from a student asking the reader to look at the “positive strives” she has made.
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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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