In a message dated 9/29/01 10:10:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
writes:
> I smiled for the first time in 24 hours ...thanked her out of her genuine
> patriotic generosity; kissed her cheek and politely begged off returning to
> our impromtu wake.Michael
... into trouble: the omission of a comma between "off" and "returning"
indicates that you did not return to the wake -- and thus helped your new
friend do her patriotic duty.
Sign me, Patriotic American