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&lt;font color=red&gt;DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here.  Post them in our &lt;a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>XMOD (Build: 3607.32596)</generator><item><title>Re: annoying fly</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/AnnoyingFly/ggrcb/post.htm#530677</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:25:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:530677</guid><dc:creator>RayH</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/AnnoyingFly/ggrcb/post.htm#530677</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-530677.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Here is my attempt to improve you sentence. There isn&amp;#39;t really much wrong with the original wording, except that it doesn&amp;#39;t flow smoothly (for lack of a better term). I&amp;#39;m wondering what you call the behavior of a fly that annoys you by landing on you  and keeps coming back even after you swat at it? I&amp;#39;m wondering, what do you call the behavior of a fly that annoys you by landing on you and keeps coming back even after you swat at it? A side note. This question brought to mind a word from my youth that I haven&amp;#39;t used in many years. In southwestern Pennsylvania, where I grew up, we used to talk of flies &amp;quot;lighting&amp;quot; or perhaps &amp;quot;liteing&amp;quot; (I never thought of spelling it until just now) on something...</description></item><item><title>annoying fly</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/AnnoyingFly/ggrcb/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:25:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:530639</guid><dc:creator>New2grammar</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/AnnoyingFly/ggrcb/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-530639.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>I&amp;#39;m wondering what do you call the action of a fly that&amp;#39;s annoying you by standing on your body and keeps coming back even after you swat at it? I feel there are mistakes but can&amp;#39;t find any. Please check. Thanks</description></item></channel></rss>