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The wrong Marine went to take care of the old man instead of his son because there had been tow Marines with the same name and similar members in the camp,and someone in personnel offices had pulled out the wrong record.

The night noises of the hospital included the clanking of an oxygen tank,the laughter of night-staff members exchanging greetings,the cries and moans and snores of other patients.

The Marine proved,in a human way,that there are people who care what happens to their fellow men.

Few people ask by what authority the writers of dictionaries say what they say.

The writing of a dictionary is not a task of setting up ruling statements about the “true meanings” of words,but a task of recording.

The dictionary can not be regarded as authority because the writers can not see into the future.

The man thought that Bill would be waiting for him,but in fact,Bill was killed by animals.

The man crawled on hands and knees.At last he was saved by the men on the ship.

Even though the man was saved and had enough to eat,he still hid food because he was too fearfull of the hunger.

With the bearded man was a young fellow whose appearance told of many days in hiding.