verb /ˈrɛm.ən.streɪt,rɪˈmɒnstreɪt,ˈrɛmənstreɪt,rɪˈmɑːnstreɪt/
"Belinda," remonstrated Mr. Pocket, from the other end of the table, "how can you be so unreasonable?"
In a recent column in The New York Times, William Safire referred to Mr. Morris as Ed. This prompted Mr. Morris to write "an open letter" to Mr. Safire remonstrating that, in his case, such usage "grates like sand in salad."
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