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Originally Posted by jackie_w
OK I've broken. Are you using some kind of auto-typing? I seem to have read several posts from you today talking about "windows and orphans". It's "widows and orphans".
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Just a typo that didn't get corrected because no red squiggly line under it.
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In case you think there's not much difference, just consider the hotel advertising "all our rooms contain a French window - affording delightful prospects". The other hotel with the French widows is an entirely different kind of establishment.
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The other establishment, are these widows wealthy and looking for a husband?