Edward, Edward, Edward, Edward.
EF> I just came back from Canada, and man, is that a writer's
EF> paradise!
No it is not, and I should know because I've been living here for over
forty years.
EF> In Toronto and Niagara Falls, the F word is
EF> "socially accepted!"  In fact, all profanity is acceptable,
EF> except for the S word.
Horse hockey.  The so called "F" word is not more acceptable than the so
called "S" word.  More likely, the one is simply used more frequently
than than the other.
EF> I wrote my journal entry up there,
EF> and that was really exciting, because every few seconds you
EF> would hear a scream or a yell, or at least in Toronto.
Quite possibly you really did.  Mike Harris, you know.  Or maybe it was
some squeegee kid who couldn't get out of traffic fast enough when the
light changed to green.
EF> In Niagara, there was no violence, and little authoritive
EF> figures (police).
They got pygmy cops?  It should be authority figures, by the way.
Authoritative is an adjective, authority is a noun; in this case it is
used to modify the noun figure.
 * SLMR 2.1a * Do not suspect that I am not human.
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