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Replacing the phrase "stock in trade" with the nonsensical "stock and trade" was the aspect of the piece I found interesting. There might be an extra "is" in your newest sentence. I'd be funny about it if I could.

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The phrase you were looking for is "stock IN trade."

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You must be fun at a party

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Extremism in defense of meaning is no vice.

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"Distilling a minor grammatical error from a long piece and then becoming weirdly fixated on it is extremism is search of anyone who gives a fuck"

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