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>From a letter to me:

 

> > I suggest that you delete "his/my" in the

> > several uses of "his/my obeisances/respects" (Thus "He offered his

> > obeisances" would become "He offered obeisances").

>

> Its actually another one of those ISKCON corruptions. Technically it

> should be "He offered obeisance." But in ISKCON we make 'obeisance' plural

> when this is grammatically wrong. Similarly with 'my obeisances' etc.

 

Doesn't the idea of offering obeisanceS (plural) indicate the intention of

offering obeisance multiple times?

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