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#194628 12/06/10 11:32 AM

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By the literal meaning, "free gift" is a pleonasm, but as the word is actually used, a free gift is distinct from a gift. Anywhere I have seen the phrase, the recipient had to pay for a "free gift".

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Pleonasm RonDavis 12/06/10 11:32 AM

Re: Pleonasm bexter 12/06/10 12:32 PM

Re: Pleonasm zmjezhd 12/06/10 02:16 PM

Re: Pleonasm Waterdoctor 12/06/10 03:31 PM

Re: Pleonasm LukeJavan8 12/06/10 04:05 PM

Re: Pleonasm Aramis 12/06/10 04:07 PM

Re: Pleonasm crash 12/06/10 09:18 PM

Re: Pleonasm Jackie 12/07/10 01:52 AM

Re: Pleonasm LukeJavan8 12/07/10 02:59 AM

Re: ANAGRAMS IV Candy 12/09/10 11:14 AM

Re: Pleonasm and Missing Aramis 12/09/10 06:57 PM

Re: Pleonasm Faldage 12/07/10 12:37 AM

Re: Pleonasm Aramis 12/09/10 07:20 PM

Re: Pleonasm Faldage 12/10/10 12:49 PM

Re: Pleonasm zmjezhd 12/10/10 01:46 PM

Re: Pleonasm Jackie 12/08/10 03:38 AM

Re: Pleonasm LukeJavan8 12/08/10 04:03 AM

Re: Pleonasm Jackie 12/10/10 10:25 PM

Re: Pleonasm tsuwm 12/10/10 11:03 PM

Re: Pleonasm zmjezhd 12/11/10 02:53 AM

Re: Pleonasm bexter 12/11/10 09:45 AM

Re: Pleonasm Candy 12/11/10 11:43 AM

Re: Pleonasm Candy 12/14/10 11:29 AM

Re: Pleonasm zmjezhd 12/14/10 12:10 PM

Re: Pleonasm bexter 12/14/10 12:44 PM

Re: Pleonasm tsuwm 12/14/10 02:49 PM

Re: Pleonasm tsuwm 12/14/10 06:31 PM

Re: Pleonasm olly 12/14/10 09:24 PM

Re: Pleonasm Aramis 12/21/10 03:49 PM

Re: Pleonasm zmjezhd 12/22/10 03:08 AM

Re: Pleonasm Faldage 12/22/10 12:14 PM

Re: heu, ad lunam zmjezhd 12/22/10 01:15 PM

Re: heu, ad lunam Buffalo Shrdlu 12/22/10 01:18 PM

Re: Pleonasm Faldage 12/11/10 12:37 AM

Re: Pleonasm Candy 12/11/10 01:26 AM

Re: Pleonasm Faldage 12/15/10 12:04 AM

Re: Pleonasm Jackie 12/15/10 01:10 AM

Re: Pleonasm Faldage 12/15/10 11:35 AM

Re: Pleonasm zmjezhd 12/15/10 11:50 AM

Re: Pleonasm bexter 12/15/10 12:28 PM

Re: Pleonasm tsuwm 12/15/10 02:39 PM

Re: Pleonasm zmjezhd 12/16/10 02:12 AM

Re: Pleonasm olly 12/16/10 03:28 AM

Re: Pleonasm zmjezhd 12/16/10 01:20 PM

Re: Pleonasm tsuwm 12/16/10 04:46 AM

Re: Pleonasm LadyReader 12/16/10 01:43 PM

Re: Pleonasm LukeJavan8 12/16/10 05:25 PM

Re: Pleonasm olly 12/16/10 08:27 PM

Re: Pleonasm Faldage 12/17/10 02:46 AM

Re: Pleonasm Jackie 12/17/10 04:42 AM

Re: Pleonasm Faldage 12/17/10 11:09 AM

Re: Pleonasm tsuwm 12/17/10 02:54 PM

Re: Pleonasm Faldage 12/18/10 12:55 AM

Re: grammaticasters of the whirled peace untie zmjezhd 12/18/10 02:22 PM

Re: grammaticasters of the whirled peace untie Faldage 12/19/10 02:34 AM

Re: grammaticasters of the whirled peace untie Aramis 12/20/10 03:44 PM

Re: grammaticasters of the whirled peace untie zmjezhd 12/20/10 03:57 PM

Re: grammaticasters of the whirled peace untie BranShea 12/20/10 04:44 PM

Re: grammaticasters of the whirled peace untie Aramis 12/20/10 06:46 PM

Re: grammaticasters of the whirled peace untie tsuwm 12/20/10 07:35 PM

Re: grammaticasters of the whirled peace untie zmjezhd 12/20/10 11:34 PM

Re: grammaticasters of the whirled peace untie Jackie 12/21/10 04:07 AM

Re: grammaticasters of the whirled peace untie Candy 12/21/10 10:26 AM

Re: grammaticasters of the whirled peace untie Buffalo Shrdlu 12/21/10 12:43 PM

Re: grammaticasters of the whirled peace untie Jackie 12/22/10 12:13 AM

Re: grammaticasters of the whirled peace untie Avy 12/21/10 02:15 AM

Re: grammaticasters of the whirled peace untie Candy 12/21/10 10:43 AM

Re: grammaticasters of the whirled peace untie Faldage 12/21/10 12:27 AM

Re: grammaticasters of the whirled peace untie Jay Lyman 12/19/10 02:56 AM

Re: grammaticasters of the whirled peace untie LukeJavan8 12/19/10 04:02 AM

Re: grammaticasters of the whirled peace untie Candy 12/19/10 09:41 AM

Re: grammaticasters of the whirled peace untie Faldage 12/19/10 01:30 PM

Re: grammaticasters of the whirled peace untie tsuwm 12/19/10 06:19 PM

Re: grammaticasters of the whirled peace untie olly 12/19/10 06:52 PM

Re: Pleonasm doc_comfort 12/24/10 12:57 AM

Re: Pleonasm Faldage 12/24/10 03:50 AM

Re: Pleonasm Faldage 12/24/10 07:36 PM

Re: Pleonasm bexter 12/24/10 07:45 PM

Re: Pleonasm Faldage 12/24/10 11:29 PM

Re: Pleonasm mazda 01/11/11 02:36 PM

Re: Pleonasm Faldage 01/11/11 10:41 PM

Re: Pleonasm bexter 01/12/11 07:49 AM

Re: Pleonasm Faldage 01/12/11 12:12 PM

Re: Pleonasm bexter 01/12/11 12:58 PM

Re: Pleonasm LukeJavan8 01/12/11 02:19 PM

Re: Pleonasm bexter 01/12/11 02:23 PM

Re: Pleonasm LukeJavan8 01/12/11 02:45 PM

Re: Pleonasm Faldage 01/13/11 12:37 PM

Re: Pleonasm bexter 01/13/11 01:06 PM

Re: Pleonasm tsuwm 01/13/11 04:06 PM

Re: Pleonasm bexter 01/13/11 04:24 PM

Re: Pleonasm tsuwm 01/13/11 04:27 PM

Re: Pleonasm bexter 01/13/11 04:42 PM

Re: Pleonasm Faldage 01/14/11 01:00 AM

Re: Pleonasm bexter 01/14/11 09:09 AM

Re: Pleonasm LukeJavan8 02/18/11 04:20 PM

Re: Pleonasm Buffalo Shrdlu 02/18/11 10:10 PM

Re: Pleonasm LukeJavan8 02/18/11 11:21 PM

Re: Pleonasm Jackie 02/19/11 01:59 AM

Re: Pleonasm Buffalo Shrdlu 02/19/11 03:58 AM

Re: Pleonasm LukeJavan8 02/19/11 04:08 AM

Re: Pleonasm Jackie 02/19/11 11:18 PM

Re: Pleonasm LukeJavan8 02/20/11 12:37 AM

Re: Pleonasm Candy 02/20/11 12:40 AM

Re: Pleonasm LukeJavan8 02/20/11 12:48 AM

Re: Pleonasm Candy 03/09/11 01:35 PM

Re: Pleonasm Buffalo Shrdlu 03/09/11 02:53 PM

Re: Pleonasm BranShea 03/09/11 03:48 PM

Re: Pleonasm tsuwm 03/09/11 05:49 PM

Re: Pleonasm LukeJavan8 03/09/11 08:07 PM

Re: Pleonasm Faldage 03/09/11 11:43 PM

Re: Pleonasm Candy 03/10/11 11:06 AM

Re: Pleonasm BranShea 03/10/11 01:20 PM

Re: Pleonasm LukeJavan8 03/10/11 04:03 PM

Re: Pleonasm zmjezhd 03/10/11 02:58 PM

Re: Pleonasm goofy 06/30/11 01:07 PM

Re: khmer I have an abugida for you zmjezhd 06/30/11 01:48 PM

Re: Pleonasm BranShea 03/10/11 10:32 AM

Re: Pleonasm Buffalo Shrdlu 03/10/11 01:49 PM

Re: Pleonasm LukeJavan8 03/09/11 02:00 PM

Re: Pleonasm zmjezhd 03/09/11 02:34 PM

Re: Pleonasm Jackie 03/10/11 03:17 AM

Re: Pleonasm Faldage 03/10/11 12:02 PM

Re: Pleonasm Avy 03/10/11 01:42 PM

Re: Pleonastic onomastics zmjezhd 03/10/11 03:05 PM

Re: Pleonastic onomastics LukeJavan8 03/10/11 04:08 PM

Re: Pleonasm BranShea 04/01/11 08:17 AM

Re: Pleonasm Buffalo Shrdlu 04/01/11 12:36 PM

Re: Pleonasm BranShea 04/01/11 06:13 PM

Re: Pleonasm Buffalo Shrdlu 06/01/11 01:22 PM

Re: Pleonasm LukeJavan8 06/01/11 03:14 PM

Re: Pleonasm Buffalo Shrdlu 06/09/11 12:24 PM

Re: Pleonasm Candy 06/09/11 12:49 PM

Re: Pleonasm LukeJavan8 06/09/11 03:42 PM

Re: Pleonasm 3-16 06/17/11 01:52 AM

Re: Pleonasm LukeJavan8 06/24/11 03:22 PM

Re: Pleonasm Candy 06/26/11 07:54 AM

Re: Pleonasm Faldage 06/26/11 03:05 PM

Re: Pleonasm BranShea 06/26/11 09:01 PM

Re: Pleonasm Faldage 06/26/11 09:28 PM

Re: Pleonasm LukeJavan8 06/26/11 10:03 PM

Re: Pleonasm Avy 06/27/11 01:11 AM

Re: Pleonasm Candy 06/27/11 10:47 AM

Re: Pleonasm Faldage 06/27/11 11:26 AM

Re: Pleonasm Jackie 06/29/11 12:40 AM

Re: Pleonasm olly 06/29/11 04:00 AM

Re: NEO plasma zmjezhd 06/29/11 12:01 PM

Re: Pleonasm Candy 06/29/11 09:45 AM

Re: Pleonasm Faldage 06/29/11 11:14 AM

Re: Pleonasm LukeJavan8 06/26/11 03:35 PM

Re: Pleonasm Jackie 06/26/11 10:21 PM

Re: Pleonasm LukeJavan8 06/26/11 11:02 PM

Re: Pleonasm goofy 06/27/11 12:39 AM

Re: Pleonasm Avy 06/30/11 06:26 AM

Re: Pleonasm zmjezhd 06/30/11 12:34 PM

Re: khmer I have an abugida for you Jackie 07/01/11 12:34 AM

Re: khmer I have an abugida for you LukeJavan8 07/01/11 02:22 AM

Re: khmer I have an abugida for you Candy 07/01/11 01:42 PM

Re: khmer I have an abugida for you Jackie 07/01/11 10:02 PM

Re: khmer I have an abugida for you Tromboniator 07/02/11 08:13 AM

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Re: khmer I have an abugida for you olly 07/05/11 11:58 PM

Re: khmer I have an abugida for you va-vavoom 07/06/11 07:36 AM

Re: Pleonasm Zed 07/07/11 10:31 AM

Re: Pleonasm Jackie 07/08/11 01:36 AM

Re: Pleonasm va-vavoom 07/08/11 01:53 AM

Re: Pleonasm Jackie 07/08/11 02:09 AM

Re: Pleonasm va-vavoom 07/08/11 02:58 AM

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Re: Pleonasm LukeJavan8 07/08/11 04:05 PM

Re: Pleonasm Candy 07/07/11 10:48 AM

Re: Pleonasm LukeJavan8 07/07/11 03:03 PM

Re: Pleonasm Candy 07/08/11 11:21 AM

Re: Pleonasm Jackie 07/09/11 01:27 AM

Re: Pleonasm Candy 07/09/11 04:51 AM

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