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Message: [QUOTE="ClifSpliffy, post: 4391310, member: 9260"] '[I]anyone lets loose with a bunch of ums often one after another.'[/I] tru dat. my 'cure' story happened back in early grammar school. our teach was a crafty old bird, and she concocted a scheme to fix me. she sent me out for a brief errand just before my turn to give an oral report, and told the class to whack their desks hard whenever i said 'umm.' brilliant! i come back, start yakking, and quickly notice that my pals are slamming their desks as i spoke. [I]instant results. [/I]to this day, it's gone. operative word 'said' and not 'wrote.' it has utility when writing. dramatic pause an all that. [/QUOTE]