Where is the sow? I found a pen [female swan] in her [pig] pen.
I recommended not eschewal but contextual disambiguation.
Sometimes, of course, context is enough. Only someone hellbent to
misunderstand would suppose that
"O'Doul has been sentenced to life in the pen"
meant that he was to be sewn up inside a swan until he expired.
Still, brevity should usually yield pride of place to clarity.
John Gilmore Ashland, MA 01721-1817 USA
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