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free up
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In what way does appending "up" alter the meaning of a word If ~ means to simply free, disentangle,......
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April 29, 2006 08:25
RE: What is a syllable?
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Kalleh, thanks for bringing up the subject as it is, or was, of great interest to me. I wrote an ent......
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April 29, 2006 07:23
RE: "fissile"
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I would imagine that they're using the word to mean explosively fissile, as pure enough for a bomb...
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April 29, 2006 07:09
RE: Starlings' grammar...
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This "recursive grammar" is what linguists have long believed, separated man from beast--AP Further......
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April 27, 2006 09:47
RE: Kennel?
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Yes, very common leftpondwise. In confirmation, Laverne defines it as "A compound where they keep d......
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April 26, 2006 16:09
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“Ethanol is good for drivers”–GWB 4-25-06 Of course we know what he means, but what a syntactical b......
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April 26, 2006 16:03
RE: digital flashlight
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I suspect that the Vector linked above and possibly also the Surefire employs pulse-width or -freque......
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April 26, 2006 10:51
digital flashlight
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How can a flashlight be digital Isn't that like saying judgmental refrigerator or anxious pomegrana......
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April 25, 2006 15:37
RE: Miscellaneous Words
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I get 162,000 hits on Google but surprisingly only one in OneLook: ......
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April 25, 2006 08:52
RE: word count revisited
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zm: Of course I did, but a preposition shouldn't be used to end a sentence with...
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April 20, 2006 12:04
RE: Stringing along
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Also a little OT, but speaking of hyphens, deleted...
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April 19, 2006 08:25
word count revisited
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I've heard that English and Russian vie for most words. Can anyone dilate...
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April 19, 2006 08:17
RE: Civil war vs. sectarian violence
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kalleh--It's a good question. I have wondered too if "insurgent" isn't a euphemism...
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April 16, 2006 15:31
RE: carriwitchet
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Sean--of course; I knew that! Excuse:Onset of Alzheimer's...
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April 16, 2006 09:12
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Sometimes I wonder about Google 201 hits for "carriwitchet" 367 for carriwitchet -uk -au -nz -nu ......
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April 15, 2006 08:12
RE: "Oops" word
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kalleh:Thanks for the tip on "Reply all" As far as hyphens are concerned, any practice that reduces......
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April 11, 2006 16:47
RE: "Oops" word
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What's more apalling by far is when you are composing an email and go to click on File or Edit but i......
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April 09, 2006 16:22
RE: monopoly
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Bob: If there were less competition in the wooly-hat industry, if wooly-hat makers were considered ......
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April 07, 2006 14:35
Punctuation revisited
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Concerning the importance of punctuation--at least re the hyphen--at least in tech writing ......
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April 07, 2006 12:23
RE: monopoly
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~... 4 a person or a group having a ~ --Merriam Collegiate Thus if the colleges can be called a gro......
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