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I read your post after having posted mine and both usage notes make me understand that ‘decimate’ is now acceptable for an undetermined number of casualties but ‘completely decimated’ or ‘decimated 37 per cent of the population’ are not acceptable. At least don’t sound good to me.
The thing that your link -great site by the way- has confirmed me is that ‘decimate’ was a disciplinary action taken by the roman chiefs against their own troops. I was pretty sure but this article confirmed it.
Juan Maria.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Decimate Rubrick 05/20/00 09:56 PM Re: Decimate lusy 05/20/00 10:54 PM Re: Decimate tsuwm 05/21/00 01:59 AM Re: Decimate juanmaria 05/21/00 07:14 AM Re: Decimate tsuwm 05/21/00 01:59 PM Re: Decimate juanmaria 05/21/00 06:43 PM Re: Decimate Rubrick 05/22/00 12:42 PM Re: shifting meanings tsuwm 05/22/00 01:13 PM Re: shifting meanings Rubrick 05/22/00 01:20 PM Re: shifting meanings juanmaria 05/23/00 07:22 PM Chauvinist Rubrick 05/25/00 07:51 AM Re: Chauvinist jmh 05/25/00 10:43 AM Re: Chauvinist tsuwm 05/25/00 10:29 PM Re: Chauvinist Rubrick 05/26/00 01:48 PM Re: Chauvinist tsuwm 05/26/00 02:02 PM Re: Chauvinist Rubrick 05/26/00 02:14 PM Re: Chauvinist tsuwm 05/26/00 02:25 PM Re: Chauvinist Rubrick 05/26/00 02:35 PM Re: Chauvinist tsuwm 05/26/00 02:40 PM Re: Chauvinist Rubrick 05/26/00 02:45 PM Re: Chauvinist tsuwm 05/26/00 09:37 PM Re: Chauvinist jmh 05/27/00 04:54 PM Re: Chauvinist Rubrick 05/28/00 04:11 PM Re: Chauvinist tsuwm 05/28/00 07:11 PM Re: some other examples David108 05/28/00 07:24 PM re: millennium tsuwm 05/30/00 02:54 PM Re: re: millennium Jackie 05/30/00 11:46 PM Re: Chauvinist Jackie 05/26/00 07:13 PM Re: usage panels tsuwm 05/22/00 03:52 PM Re: usage panels Rubrick 05/22/00 10:40 PM Re: usage panels tsuwm 05/23/00 08:13 PM Re: usage panels jmh 05/23/00 08:23 PM Re: usage panels jmh 05/24/00 07:30 AM Re: usage panels Rubrick 05/24/00 01:00 PM Re: Decimate juanmaria 05/23/00 07:21 PM Re: Decimate Rubrick 05/24/00 09:47 AM Re: Decimate juanmaria 05/24/00 10:47 AM Globalisation jmh 05/24/00 12:44 PM Re: Globalisation AnnaStrophic 05/24/00 02:16 PM Re: Decimate Rubrick 05/24/00 12:51 PM Re: Decimate juanmaria 05/24/00 01:58 PM Re: Latin jmh 05/25/00 10:35 AM Re: Latin wsieber 05/26/00 11:55 AM Re: Latin Jackie 05/26/00 07:08 PM Re: Latin juanmaria 05/27/00 07:11 PM Re: Latin Jackie 05/27/00 07:21 PM Re: Latin juanmaria 05/27/00 08:02 PM Re: absence makes it hard to find 'er tsuwm 05/27/00 09:24 PM Re: Ladies AnnaStrophic 05/28/00 12:50 AM Re: absence makes it hard to find 'er juanmaria 05/28/00 10:20 AM Hmmmmm jmh 05/28/00 02:51 PM Re: Hmmmmm tsuwm 05/28/00 07:05 PM Re: Hmmmmm jmh 05/28/00 07:43 PM Re: Hmmmmm tsuwm 05/29/00 07:21 PM Re: Latin Jackie 05/28/00 01:42 AM Re: Latin jmh 05/28/00 03:09 PM Re: Latin Rubrick 05/28/00 04:34 PM The spoken word jmh 05/28/00 07:56 PM Re: Latin juanmaria 06/01/00 03:44 PM Re: Other Planets jmh 06/02/00 06:19 AM Re: Latin Rubrick 05/28/00 04:14 PM Re: Latin jmh 05/28/00 08:01 PM
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