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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Prospecting #103524 05/19/2003 7:56 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Which does the board prefer? her sons'-in-law prospects her son-in-laws' prospects her sons-in-law's prospects the prospects of her sons-in-law the prospects of her son-in-laws Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Prospecting #103525 05/19/2003 9:31 AM Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 555 maahey addict maahey addict Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 555 d Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Prospecting #103526 05/19/2003 10:45 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK d Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Prospecting #103527 05/19/2003 11:34 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York I'm happy with c and d. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Prospecting #103528 05/19/2003 12:01 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland Hi Bingley, Before choosing, I would have to know if the phrase should be a. correct or b. elegant.. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Prospecting #103529 05/19/2003 4:15 PM Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 Oregon, USA Coffeebean old hand Coffeebean old hand Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 Oregon, USA C - spoken English D - written English Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Prospecting #103530 05/20/2003 1:04 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,096 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,096 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA c is correct as written but could be misconstrued and judged incorrect if only heard d is correct and has only the one interpretation Why do you ask? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Prospecting #103531 05/20/2003 4:17 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta From last Friday's edition of "The Economist": Mrs Bennet, suggests Mr Monson, should have been a fund manager. Her focus on prospective son-in-laws' income anticipated the collapse in interest rates that continued for many years. (http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=1785682} And I thought, "No, no, no." But then I thought, "Well what should it be?" Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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