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Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
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Mr. Davidson's observations on the Scottishness of Chambers 20 th Century Dictionary [ XV, 1 ] bear out my own formed over sixteen years of using one. An odd sidelight on this came a few days after reading the article.
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Mr. Davidson's observations on the Scottishness of Chambers 20 th Century Dictionary [ XV, 1 ] bear out my own formed over sixteen years of using one.

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"The article by Bill Bryson [XVII, 4] on the vagaries of English abroad unfortunately also serves to illustrate the lack of linguistic understanding which exists between our two countries."
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Article by Bill Bryson on vagaries of English unfortunately serves to illustrate of lack of linguistic understanding.

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By 1852, at the peak of the mining boom, there were over 100,000 prospectors in the region, all fiercely individualistic, working away at their personal, private stakes rather than banding together in organized syndicates.
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By 1852 there were over 100,000 prospectors in the region working away at their personal, private stakes rather than banding together in organized syndicates.