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Comment by stouset

3 days ago

It’s a nitpick but the words you are looking for are “dam”, “dammed”, and “damming”. Damning is a very different thing entirely.

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CalRobert  3 days ago

They both work, really

Baeocystin  3 days ago

Not really inaccurate in this case, though. It's a huge loss.

  • jsLavaGoat  2 days ago

    Thank you for that grace, it was totally just a typo. And when I re-read it I was embarrassed, but your putting it this way gave me a chuckle.

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