On Sat, 23 Nov 2013, Rolf Turner wrote:
> On 11/23/13 10:17, inode0 wrote:
>> In American usage this is acceptable and common.
>>
> But wrong nevertheless. It conflates two quite distinct ideas, blurs
> the meaning and diminishes the language.
Yeah, we have a saying about that:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-cFtSPIF4Q
Thank you for giving me an excuse to listen to Ray Wylie Hubbard in the middle
of the afternoon!
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