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When it comes to face-washing, or chopping down trees in Canada, you may need {{tag|flannel}}, but to state it baldly and without qualification omits the undeniable fact you may not need ''the whole thing''. | {{f|Or part thereof}} and its many variants is an elegantly redundant square of {{tag|flannel}}, perfect for wiping clean the face of just the kind of little cherub who would never get his little boat race grubby in the first place. | ||
When it comes to face-washing, or chopping down trees in Canada, you may need {{tag|flannel}}, but to state it baldly and without qualification omits the undeniable fact you may not need ''the whole thing''. As pathologically as it abhors elegance, legal language hates a vacuum, and if you’re the sort of [[Mediocre lawyer|attorney]] who believes that a sum does not include each of its parts taken individually, this [[brushed-cotton]] expression is perfect for the pregnant pause you might otherwise have in your draft. | |||
Timber! | Timber! | ||
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