Re: the word "quote" is a verb

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In a message dated 11/4/99 4:10:50 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu writes:

<<  I think of Mark Twain because he seems very much the animus of
 America...if while America was in its infancy there was a flash of a
 moment at which all its energy came together into a kind of spirit, it
 was certainly Mark Twain who saw the flash and put it into his
 stories.   
 Frost?  Nicer things never came from a meaner person.
 
 -- 
 Matt Kozusko  >>

I agree with everything you've said above, and loved your comment about 
Frost, but would suggest a single revision that would elevate your statements 
to the heights of profundity.  Very simple...it's merely a spelling matter.  
Remove the "im" from "animus."

Just a thought,

Jim  

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