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Old Sat Dec 30, 2006, 08:07am
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Originally Posted by Mark Dexter
Wha???

The "s" in parentheses IS at the end; it's a common writing technique. The (s) is used in this case to mean "free thrower or free throwers."
Right, and "free thrower or free throwers" is a logical disjunction, not the plural of 'free thrower' in Standard American English.
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