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Chris -- 2025-05-10
I’m much stronger today due to a lot of therapy. I’m dealing with post pardon depression, and I’m going to win. (student essay)
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It’s a classic—it’s in the Database here: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/124/post-pardon/
Fussy soul that I am, I wonder whether this is really an eggcorn. Just what “pardon” do people imagine precedes that depression? Still, I’d hate to see it go away no matter what category it belongs to.
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