Definition of adi

(Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)

Now she could let out the three parakeets without_fear they would be stepped_on or that Stowey would let them out one of the doors ; she could dust the plants , then break_off suddenly and pick_up an old novel and read from the middle on ; improvise cha-chas on the harp ; and finally , the best part of all , simply sit at the plank table in the kitchen with a bottle of wine and the newspapers , reading the ads as_well_as the news , registering nothing on her mind but letting her soul suspend itself above all wishing and desire .

(Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)

Classified ads are also chockfull of misrelated constructions .

Readers of the Reader_'s_Digest are familiar_with such items which often appear in its lists of verbal slips , like the ad in a California paper that advertised `` House for rent .

Then there was the caterer 's ad which read : `` Are you getting_married or having an affair ?