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Discussion Topic  RE: Are these words duplicates? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Interesting: I've had discussions about this before. Both are used in a variety of situations, they'......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Fortuitously" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
If he meant 'fortuitously', it's unexplained why it is. It would be fortuitous if they had decided t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Looming deadlines (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Yes, I'd read that. That's what I meant by 'unknown'. :-)...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Looming deadlines (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
The words are unrelated. The noun is an old word originally for any tool (as in 'heirloom'), while t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bucket vs. Pail (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
For me, and I can only speak for standard southern English not involved in specialist occupations, t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Singular or plural (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Both agreements are common, so there's no question of either being 'improper'. Structurally the rel......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Follett: UK vs. US (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
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Discussion Topic  RE: Is it just me or... (in Potpourri) by aput
This is actually a ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Have you seen a resurgence? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
In my work I am constantly reading text like "its profile has witnessed a thrilling resurgence recen......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Further vs. Farther (in Potpourri) by aput
I think that was Geoff Pullum on ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Word-spotting (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
In ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "anabasis" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Xenophon's work covers both the entry into Persian territory and the subsequent need to retreat back......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Old/Middle English to Modern (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Huh! King Alfred founded the Navy. I use 'translation' for OE to MnE, which are different languages......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Further vs. Farther (in Potpourri) by aput
I have heard of such a "rule", but I'm sure like all such pseudo-rules it has little basis in fact. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciations (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
The -o- of anthrop- is long in Greek, so if we were doing this from scratch there's a good case for ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Precious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
We sneaks up to the nassty goblinses with it and we wrings their neckss, yess we does....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Auschwitz (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Actually Belsen doesn't seem to fit nearly as well as Auschwitz. It's a bit hard to web-search for n......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Auschwitz (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
In a standard dictionary place names are only there if they're part of a common noun. So London is r......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Heavenly Places (in The Vocabulary Forum) by aput
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ships (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Add to that that Assyrian wasn't a literary language as early as 2100 BCE: the dialect was called Ak......
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