Ardith Hinton:

AH> Uh-huh.   But  you  also gave another example... "I love
AH> you better than I do myself"... in which the  verb  "do"
AH> replaces the verb "love".  Prior to that you & Alexander
AH> had been discussing which words could be left out  under
AH> certain  circumstances.   I  was trying to cover both at
AH> once by using parentheses to show that the  use  of  "do
AH> so"  or  possibly "do that" is optional in my rendition.
AH> :-)

Thanks for the clarification, Ardith.

AH> Sorry,  folks...   operator  error.   I   hadn't   wuite
AH> finished yet....  :-(

Looking forward to a copy ready for the typesetter!

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