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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Give It Up #129697 06/24/2004 12:53 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia stales old hand stales old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia Heard a newsreader on the state owned national broadcaster use "forfeit" in a manner that set me wondering. Whilst standards have slipped over the years, the majority of us Aussies expect the newsreaders on this station to use the Queen's English. He said, "Mr so-n-so forfeit the goods to the Crown last April." The unwashed such as myself would've said, "...forfeited the goods..." Who's correct? stales Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Give It Up #129698 06/24/2004 11:51 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok the majority of us Aussies expect the newsreaders on this station to use the Queen's English. Why, I did't know Priscilla could speak! Wow, you learn something new every day here ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Give It Up #129699 06/24/2004 1:09 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA The forfeit happened in the past - so is past tense; therefore you are right. 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

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