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Brief-bros: quoting opponents brief, hit em with dat (sic) for typo?

Is this too catty?
Amber fragrant orchestra pit tattoo
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Amber fragrant orchestra pit tattoo
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insert a footnote explaining what was actually in their brie...
Bistre Big Dilemma
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arousing magenta macaca windowlicker
  05/22/18
It always looks catty to me
Citrine tanning salon
  05/22/18
Why are litigators such catty fags?
Narrow-minded godawful reading party
  05/22/18
yeah I don’t want to do it, seems like a cheap shot. I just ...
Amber fragrant orchestra pit tattoo
  05/22/18
right
Narrow-minded godawful reading party
  05/22/18
when you quote, do it correctly, sans typo
blathering internet-worthy puppy market
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Citrine tanning salon
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cool ty
Amber fragrant orchestra pit tattoo
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No. That's not quoting. I think brackets are the best way...
cracking nudist private investor theater stage
  05/22/18
titcr (the c stands for CLASSY!)
disrespectful plaza factory reset button
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Lol, that’s an even bigger dunk than sick. Doing this from ...
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In this particular case, "statu[te]" might be bett...
cracking nudist private investor theater stage
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This is the way to go. Changing it without saying anything i...
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boyish milky parlor boltzmann
  05/22/18
No. Style on them.
Bat-shit-crazy ultramarine piazza mediation
  05/22/18
it is catty. don't do it.
blathering internet-worthy puppy market
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ty
Amber fragrant orchestra pit tattoo
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catty as fuck unless they have like 40 typos.
curious geriatric incel trust fund
  05/22/18
only if it is egregious, like they forgot to change the name...
Light persian
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Only time I’ve ever done it is when they misspelled the judg...
Electric school death wish
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Haha wow holy shit
Amber fragrant orchestra pit tattoo
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no i hate the assholes who are assholes like that, and i've ...
boyish milky parlor boltzmann
  05/22/18
Context matters. The substantively inconsequential errors of...
cracking nudist private investor theater stage
  05/22/18
sure. but it's really only a question and an issue in the f...
boyish milky parlor boltzmann
  05/22/18
Once with a pro se plaintiff I put a generic footnote saying...
Light persian
  05/22/18
agreed.
boyish milky parlor boltzmann
  05/22/18
Tastefully change the quote to the correct spelling using br...
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Settle down, I’m just asking questions here.
Amber fragrant orchestra pit tattoo
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he sounds kind of like the asshole he's denigrating. but i ...
boyish milky parlor boltzmann
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The real risk is the clerks. Many of whom are 25 year old hy...
Light persian
  05/22/18
were you a clerk too? my sense from having been one and wor...
boyish milky parlor boltzmann
  05/22/18
I was a clerk but I IRL'd for a couple years first, so that ...
Light persian
  05/22/18
even the fussier ones i met didn't give a shit about that ki...
boyish milky parlor boltzmann
  05/22/18
Cr, also you have to rationalize the countless wasted hours ...
brass self-absorbed brunch
  05/22/18
Cr, for a chill bro above [sic] he sounds a little flustered
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boyish milky parlor boltzmann
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Bat-shit-crazy ultramarine piazza mediation
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It should only be done for an egregious error. Like misspell...
orchid impertinent meetinghouse
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Hell yes
Bat-shit-crazy ultramarine piazza mediation
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I just correct it.
Wonderful Wagecucks
  05/22/18
You guys are pussies.
Bat-shit-crazy ultramarine piazza mediation
  05/22/18
Do what gets the best result.
cracking nudist private investor theater stage
  05/22/18
It makes you look petty. The focus should remain on whatever...
Wonderful Wagecucks
  05/22/18
I prefer being petty. If it’s a portion of their brief that...
Bat-shit-crazy ultramarine piazza mediation
  05/22/18
Probably just gets ignored and doesn't hurt you.
Wonderful Wagecucks
  05/22/18
Just correct it with square brackets.
Submissive Cobalt Indirect Expression Nowag
  05/22/18
underline in red
floppy hyperventilating lodge candlestick maker
  05/22/18
Squiggly red.
cracking nudist private investor theater stage
  05/22/18
sic neg
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Date: May 22nd, 2018 11:50 AM
Author: Amber fragrant orchestra pit tattoo

Is this too catty?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104251)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 11:52 AM
Author: Amber fragrant orchestra pit tattoo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104261)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 11:53 AM
Author: Bistre Big Dilemma

insert a footnote explaining what was actually in their brief and how you developed your good faith estimation of what they actually meant to say.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104270)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:30 PM
Author: arousing magenta macaca windowlicker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105206)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 11:55 AM
Author: Citrine tanning salon

It always looks catty to me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104280)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 11:57 AM
Author: Narrow-minded godawful reading party

Why are litigators such catty fags?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104298)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 12:09 PM
Author: Amber fragrant orchestra pit tattoo

yeah I don’t want to do it, seems like a cheap shot. I just don’t want them to think the typo is mine. That isn’t worth worrying about, right?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104399)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 12:13 PM
Author: Narrow-minded godawful reading party

right

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104462)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 12:14 PM
Author: blathering internet-worthy puppy market

when you quote, do it correctly, sans typo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104480)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 12:15 PM
Author: Citrine tanning salon



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104490)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:02 PM
Author: Amber fragrant orchestra pit tattoo

cool ty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104976)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:07 PM
Author: cracking nudist private investor theater stage

No. That's not quoting.

I think brackets are the best way to handle most errors.

If you want to change that mistaken "statue" to "statute," use brackets: "[statute]."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105009)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:31 PM
Author: disrespectful plaza factory reset button

titcr

(the c stands for CLASSY!)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105232)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:34 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy ultramarine piazza mediation

Lol, that’s an even bigger dunk than sick. Doing this from now on.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105258)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:56 PM
Author: cracking nudist private investor theater stage

In this particular case, "statu[te]" might be better. It would require the reader to think less about the substitution.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105496)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:06 PM
Author: Submissive Cobalt Indirect Expression Nowag

This is the way to go. Changing it without saying anything is dumb. Quoting things incorrectly is only going to lead to trouble later on. But pointing out errors is catty as fuck. I'm sure a professional copy editor would find plenty in your cleanest work. If the other side is sloppy as shit, the judge will have no problem realizing that himself.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105599)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:06 PM
Author: boyish milky parlor boltzmann



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105602)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:31 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy ultramarine piazza mediation

No. Style on them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105229)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 12:00 PM
Author: blathering internet-worthy puppy market

it is catty. don't do it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104324)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 12:09 PM
Author: Amber fragrant orchestra pit tattoo

ty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104400)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 12:10 PM
Author: curious geriatric incel trust fund

catty as fuck unless they have like 40 typos.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104410)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:04 PM
Author: Light persian

only if it is egregious, like they forgot to change the name of the last plaintiff when they cut and pasted the brief

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104989)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:05 PM
Author: Electric school death wish

Only time I’ve ever done it is when they misspelled the judge’s name or the name of their own client

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36104992)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:07 PM
Author: Amber fragrant orchestra pit tattoo

Haha wow holy shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105006)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:08 PM
Author: boyish milky parlor boltzmann

no i hate the assholes who are assholes like that, and i've never been one unless told to do so.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105014)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:11 PM
Author: cracking nudist private investor theater stage

Context matters. The substantively inconsequential errors of an opponent acting in good faith usually don't warrant a [sic].

But there can be other situations, such as where similarly named entities are misidentified.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105032)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:16 PM
Author: boyish milky parlor boltzmann

sure. but it's really only a question and an issue in the first kind of context, i'd think.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105074)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:12 PM
Author: Light persian

Once with a pro se plaintiff I put a generic footnote saying something like "plaintiff's brief is quoted throughout without correcting for grammar and spelling." I thought doing [sic] [sic] was dumb, but I didn't want to clean up his atrocious writing for him.

If the [sic]'s are so bad they're distracting, that's probably the best way to approach.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105044)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:17 PM
Author: boyish milky parlor boltzmann

agreed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105076)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:17 PM
Author: bipolar disturbing lay mood

Tastefully change the quote to the correct spelling using brackets, you impotent little fuck.

Opposing counsel will frequently notice (and eventually a judge will, too), and they'll recognize that you're an elegant understated attorney of yore, not a limp-dicked coke-bottle-glasses-wearing queer who's carrying around anger about his son being the social outcast on his little league team and his wife cheating on him at her job, and vents by filling his shitty briefs with bald characterizations like "frivolous" and starting sentences with "Remarkably,".

EDIT: I want to punch faggots like you in your fleshy punchable faces.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105085)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:19 PM
Author: Amber fragrant orchestra pit tattoo

Settle down, I’m just asking questions here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105096)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:24 PM
Author: boyish milky parlor boltzmann

he sounds kind of like the asshole he's denigrating. but i guess life can beat you down that way.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105136)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:26 PM
Author: Light persian

The real risk is the clerks. Many of whom are 25 year old hypergunners fresh out of law review, where the Bluebook was LIFE. They might actually expect you to follow all these [sic] rules to the t, and look down on you for not doing so.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105157)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:29 PM
Author: boyish milky parlor boltzmann

were you a clerk too? my sense from having been one and worked alongside a number is that they're just looking mostly at the facts and the law at the end of the day, as informed by their understanding of how the judge is apt to want to deal with them. the errors and omissions from counsel that can matter are coming off as a true liar or moron, in which case sure, maybe your arguments will be examined a bit more closely (but everything substantive already was going to be looked at closely anyway).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105191)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:31 PM
Author: Light persian

I was a clerk but I IRL'd for a couple years first, so that bs was out of my system. I imagine that fresh first-years would be more tied up in the pedantics

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105220)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:33 PM
Author: boyish milky parlor boltzmann

even the fussier ones i met didn't give a shit about that kind of stuff, but then there can be variation from district to district and circuit to circuit, i'd guess.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105248)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:34 PM
Author: brass self-absorbed brunch

Cr, also you have to rationalize the countless wasted hours spent on law review pretending stuff like whether you italicize this or small caps this or if it’s Sec’y of State or Sec’y of St. matters. Oh or the different rules for this self important state appeal court versus that self important state superior court.

On second thought just do [sic] throughout. They’ll either be self aware enough to see you as a fellow sufferer or still believe it’s important.

Ugh.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105265)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:31 PM
Author: brass self-absorbed brunch

Cr, for a chill bro above [sic] he sounds a little flustered

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105231)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:34 PM
Author: boyish milky parlor boltzmann



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105257)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:34 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy ultramarine piazza mediation



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105260)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:30 PM
Author: orchid impertinent meetinghouse

It should only be done for an egregious error. Like misspelling a name or something.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105205)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:31 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy ultramarine piazza mediation

Hell yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105210)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:31 PM
Author: Wonderful Wagecucks

I just correct it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105214)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:32 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy ultramarine piazza mediation

You guys are pussies.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105238)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:59 PM
Author: cracking nudist private investor theater stage

Do what gets the best result.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105533)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:12 PM
Author: Wonderful Wagecucks

It makes you look petty. The focus should remain on whatever issue you're trying to argue. Don't detract from it. Who cares about a typo? The court won't.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105637)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:13 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy ultramarine piazza mediation

I prefer being petty. If it’s a portion of their brief that helps my case WORTH QUOTING then I will dunk on them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105648)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:20 PM
Author: Wonderful Wagecucks

Probably just gets ignored and doesn't hurt you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105703)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:35 PM
Author: Submissive Cobalt Indirect Expression Nowag

Just correct it with square brackets.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105268)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 1:53 PM
Author: floppy hyperventilating lodge candlestick maker

underline in red

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105466)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:02 PM
Author: cracking nudist private investor theater stage

Squiggly red.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105566)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:03 PM
Author: fuchsia step-uncle's house

sic neg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105576)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 2:07 PM
Author: boyish milky parlor boltzmann



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983684&forum_id=2#36105604)