Jim: “They are stopping all the trains this afternoon." Horace: "What for?" Jim: "To let the passengers alight." The governess was giving little Tommy a grammar lesson. “An abstract noun is (he name of something you can think of but not touch," she said. "Can you give me an example?" "A red-hot poker," replied Tommy.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 April 1941, Page 6
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55Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 April 1941, Page 6
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