Taught to Be Taut

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Saturday, June 20, 2009

Regarding the June 13 Sports article "For Nats, It's Pop, Drop, Roll Over," the account of the June 12 Washington Nationals game, in which the Tampa Bay Rays scored off relief pitcher Ron Villone to win, 4-3:

English is such a hard language.

The past tense of think is thought.

The past tense of seek is sought.

Spell check couldn't find it,

But it should have been caught:

Villone's neck muscles were taut, not taught.

-- Paul Schwartz

Rockville



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