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A line is an expression, speech or monologue that is designed to unfairly (through manipulation of feelings or outright mendacity, for instance) influence the listener toward some goal concocted by the speaker-- such as sex, power, respect, etc. Many young men have lines which they...

Hi, Mr.P, I had to run and I didn't quote the examples Garner used. He says, "In this construction, a singular verb is required. But writers frequently get it wrong—e.g.: "Only one in five believe the Clintons did anything wrong in Whitewater." "The Polls," Dayton Daily News, 13...