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My language limitations here are real. my vocabulary is adequate for writing notes and keeping journals but absolutely useless for an active moral life. if i really knew this language, there would surely be in my head, as there is in webster's or the dictionary of american slang, that unreducible verb designed to tell a person like me what to do next.
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My Language Limitations Here Are Real. My

Grace Paley
My language limitations here are real. my vocabulary is adequate for writing notes and keeping journals but absolutely useless for an active moral life. if i really knew this language, there would surely be in my head, as there is in webster's or the dictionary of american slang, that unreducible verb designed to tell a person like me what to do next.
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