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3211 Christopher, re: imply/infer. At first, I could not understand why you were sojbe-7/22/1999
3210 <i>BTW, what about the fundamental difference between jealous and enviousThe Philosopher-7/22/1999
3209 Here's the OED entry: dialogue (________), v. [f. prec. n.; cf. F. dialogAchilles-7/22/1999
3208 <i>I don't care what modern usage says, I will defend until I die theEdwarda-7/22/1999
3207 Can't give you the current (well, late 1800s) usages 'till I get home, The Philosopher-7/22/1999
3206 Christopher, since you addressed your post to yourself, it is not clear to me wjbe-7/22/1999
3205 Over on the Feelings thread I used dialogue as a verb and got shot at by SteveThe Philosopher-7/22/1999
3204 Yeah right (lol)Jacques Chitte-7/21/1999
3203 I have been spreading the word--"Gospel"? Edwarda-7/21/1999
3202 You are welcome! You are welcome! Spread the word! <gg> <eom> jbe-7/21/1999
3201 I am now a TOTAL google.com convert! I had spent nearly 4 hours searching for Tiger Lily-7/21/1999
3200 Well, E, thank you for finally giving me what I asked for from the outset -- najbe-7/21/1999
3199 <<<You have given me no evidence that "animus toward" is accE-7/21/1999
3198 And another... Just want him to do his job and talk to the underwriter that heDayuhan-7/19/1999
3197 There are not that many words in English that are their own antonyms (sometimesjbe-7/19/1999
3196 Another SI blooper for the anthology, courtesy of X the Unknown. I think this jbe-7/19/1999
3195 How about "ravel"? Edwarda-7/19/1999
3194 Christopher, I absolutely love Click & Clack! If you miss the broadcast yTiger Lily-7/19/1999
3193 <<..are you saying that you believe "animus toward" is incorrecjbe-7/19/1999
3192 Aloha -- used as both a greeting and a farewell. Justin C-7/19/1999
3191 I can't do any research here in Seattle; but in truth, Fowler himself couldE-7/19/1999
3190 I can see the logic of your position, E. But usage is not necessarily logical. jbe-7/18/1999
3189 Is my punctuation error the commas? If it's another one, tell me; in fact, E-7/18/1999
3188 E, I am not quite sure what your objection is. Are you objecting to my use of jbe-7/18/1999
3187 Here's a cute little puzzler for those of you who don't follow Click aThe Philosopher-7/17/1999
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