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Originally Posted by Peter Chipman
I'm with Nemo and John W. on this one. Offhand I don't remember whether I've used "alas" or not, but I would do so without compunction if the situation seemed to warrant it.
(Incidentally, I just got my hardcover copy of Anterooms today, in which Mr. Wilbur writes of "Shocked faces that, alas, / Now know me for an ass.")
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It seems to work OK for the "connector" function, as Brian said, but still no
vernacular of mourning or
aching cry of desolation (thanks for the poem, Susan).