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Plain and Plane: Answers to Practice Exercises

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Answers to Practice Exercises: Plain and Plane

(a) The flight crew extinguished the fire, and the plane landed safely.

(b) "An orator is the worse person to tell a plain fact." (Maria Edgeworth)

(c) In restaurant kitchens, the art-room's squeezy bottle, the carpenter's plane, and the welder's blowtorch have become commonplace items.

(d) The dining area of the restaurant was refreshingly plain and uncluttered.

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