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Pastimes : SI Grammar and Spelling Lab -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Philosopher who wrote (3425)	12/10/1999 11:16:00 PM
From: jbe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4711

Re -- an abbreviation? Of WHAT? Ere -- a contraction? Of WHAT? Tsk, tsk, Christopher. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, which is authoritative enough for me, re is a preposition, derived from the Latin res. I thought it might be ruled out because it would still be considered Latin, but it apparently was long ago comfortably absorbed into English. Re, as in do, re, mi" etc., is also an acceptable English word: "a solmization syllable representing the second tone of the diatonic scale." I remember that, from my Scrabble days. If it's in the Scrabble Dictionary (also widely used in Britain, my Anglophiliac friend), it's a word! As for "ere," it has nothing to do with the word "ever," if that is what you think it is contracted from. Remember: "Ere I saw Elba..." (before I saw Elba). In Middle English, it was even shorter: ar or er. I agree with you about therein; not fair to say it is IN therein. But then, I've already said that in a previous post. Joan