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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: into the basket #127386 04/27/04 01:12 PM Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 133 J Jomama member Jomama member J Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 133 Speaking of prepositions, has anyone a clue why "couple of" is, in everyday English, becoming "couple"--"a couple dollars"--but "pair of" seems to be holding together--not "a pair pants"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted IN the basket, OUT of the basket Faldage 04/14/04 10:45 AM Re: into the basket AnnaStrophic 04/14/04 11:37 AM Re: into the basket hibernicus 04/15/04 10:04 AM Re: into the basket RhubarbCommando 04/15/04 02:18 PM Re: into the basket wsieber 04/20/04 05:07 AM Re: into the basket jheem 04/20/04 01:46 PM Re: into the basket Faldage 04/20/04 01:55 PM Re: into the basket jheem 04/20/04 02:37 PM Re: into the basket maverick 04/20/04 02:10 PM Re: into the basket jheem 04/20/04 02:22 PM Re: into the basket Faldage 04/20/04 02:39 PM Re: into the basket maverick 04/20/04 02:51 PM Re: into the basket Faldage 04/20/04 03:04 PM Re: into the basket jheem 04/20/04 03:10 PM Re: into the basket jheem 04/20/04 03:01 PM Re: into the basket Faldage 04/20/04 03:07 PM Re: into the basket jheem 04/20/04 03:13 PM Into the out basket musick 04/20/04 03:17 PM Re: Into the out basket jheem 04/20/04 03:23 PM Re: into the basket Faldage 04/20/04 03:27 PM Re: into the basket jheem 04/20/04 03:48 PM Re: into the basket musick 04/20/04 03:46 PM Re: into the basket jheem 04/20/04 03:52 PM Re: into the basket Faldage 04/20/04 04:21 PM Re: into the basket musick 04/20/04 04:38 PM Re: into the basket jheem 04/21/04 04:47 AM Re: into the basket Jomama 04/27/04 01:12 PM Re: into the basket Buffalo Shrdlu 04/27/04 02:07 PM Re: into the basket belMarduk 04/27/04 11:20 PM Re: into the basket Bingley 04/28/04 04:12 AM Re: into the basket Faldage 04/28/04 11:00 AM Re: into the basket RhubarbCommando 04/28/04 11:11 AM Re: IN the basket, OUT of the basket inselpeter 04/19/04 02:53 AM Re: IN the basket, OUT of the basket jheem 04/19/04 12:18 PM Re: IN the basket, OUT of the basket AnnaStrophic 04/19/04 12:40 PM Re: IN the basket, OUT of the basket jheem 04/19/04 12:49 PM Re: IN the basket, OUT of the basket Faldage 04/19/04 06:53 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,412 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 953 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 27 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,583 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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