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(A proofreader's note regarding “exceptionable” and “exceptional”)

To take exception, one finds fault
With items thus excluded;
“Exceptionable” such things are,
On hand to be “excepted.”

The “able” adds the perfect clue,
Thus “open to objection.”
“Objectionable” it will mean,
A negative condition.

“Exceptional” though is positive
In almost all its usage,
Describing things above the norm,
“Superior” in their carriage.

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