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Chris -- 2018-04-11
I have a tax except investment. Where I should put it on the tax return?
Once Elected , will Romney let Non-Mormon orgs keep their Tax Except status?
I think that they should lose their tax-except status.
Surely this has been spotted before?
On the plain in Spain where it mainly rains.
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JuanTwoThree wrote:
Surely this has been spotted before?
I don’t think so. Congrats!
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The return trip is a slippery beastie:
Los Angeles council members voted Wednesday to make an exemption to its self-imposed boycott of Arizona
I’m usually into blondes…but this time I’m willing to make an exemption. I do belive you hold the key to my heart
The Board of Directors is not pleased with your exuberance, but they have accepted your explanation and are willing to make an exemption
“Willing to make an exception” is a fixed expression, but “make an exemption” is a reasonable alternative. Perhaps the variation on “take exception to” is eggcornier:
the cleric said: “We take exemption to the efforts in some quarters to foist their erroneous impressions,
I take exemption to these remarks about Stoke on Trent. One of my best friends was born there.
On the plain in Spain where it mainly rains.
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