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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread went/became #88682 12/05/02 09:06 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando OP Pooh-Bah OP RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah R Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 She said she believes that the Pericue, who for unknown reasons went extinct in the 18th century, ... For some reason, this construction offends my ears. I would have used "became" in place of "went". What's your opinion? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted went/became RhubarbCommando 12/05/02 09:06 AM Re: went/became sjm 12/05/02 09:12 AM Re: went/became Alex Williams 12/05/02 10:34 AM Re: went/became Faldage 12/05/02 10:45 AM Re: went/became RhubarbCommando 12/05/02 10:51 AM Re: went/became Faldage 12/05/02 11:02 AM Re: went/became dxb 12/05/02 11:31 AM Re: went/became wsieber 12/05/02 11:40 AM Re: went/became Faldage 12/05/02 11:51 AM Re: went/became wsieber 12/05/02 12:34 PM Re: went/became birdfeed 12/05/02 12:52 PM Re: went/became Faldage 12/05/02 01:49 PM Re: went/became AnnaStrophic 12/05/02 02:27 PM Re: went/became Faldage 12/05/02 03:23 PM Re: went/became AnnaStrophic 12/05/02 04:24 PM Re: went/became WhitmanO'Neill 12/05/02 04:30 PM Re: went/became Faldage 12/05/02 04:34 PM Re: went/became WhitmanO'Neill 12/05/02 04:52 PM Re: went/became Capfka 12/05/02 07:42 PM Re: went/became Faldage 12/05/02 07:50 PM Re: went missing in action? WhitmanO'Neill 03/02/03 05:19 AM Re: went missing in action? Faldage 03/02/03 12:38 PM Re: went missing in action? WhitmanO'Neill 03/02/03 02:04 PM Re: went missing wow 03/02/03 03:55 PM Re: went missing consuelo 03/02/03 03:57 PM Re: went missing WhitmanO'Neill 03/02/03 04:40 PM Re: went missing in action? Faldage 03/02/03 10:49 PM Re: went missing in action? WhitmanO'Neill 03/02/03 11:44 PM Re: went missing in action? RhubarbCommando 03/03/03 01:31 PM Re: went missing in action? WhitmanO'Neill 03/03/03 01:59 PM Re: went missing in action? dxb 03/03/03 01:52 PM Re: went/became WhitmanO'Neill 12/05/02 03:41 PM Re: went/became WhitmanO'Neill 12/05/02 04:02 PM Re: went/became dxb 12/05/02 04:16 PM Re: went/became Faldage 12/05/02 04:16 PM Re: went/became wwh 12/05/02 02:05 PM Re: went/became maahey 03/03/03 05:06 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 Posts229,398 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 (), 1,017 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 41 A C Bowden 29 LukeJavan8 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,576 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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