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Good woords gone to greater length

#14239 01/03/2001 7:06 PM

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Faldage wrote : You're going to get a lot of these words

Harumph. Does it bother anyone else when perfetly good words are lengthened for no apparent reason or purpose?
Ex : UPcoming and ONgoing
Why not just comimg and continuing?
Doesn't anyone read Strunk and White anymore ?
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A Question Of "-age" stales 12/31/2000 5:03 AM

Re: A Question Of "-age" Capital Kiwi 12/31/2000 5:49 AM

Re: A Question Of "-age" stales 01/01/2001 2:28 AM

Re: A Question Of "-age" tsuwm 01/01/2001 6:15 AM

Re: A Question Of "-age" shanks 01/01/2001 10:58 AM

pubage TEd Remington 01/01/2001 12:03 PM

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Re: functionality NicholasW 01/03/2001 8:35 AM

Re: functionality Capital Kiwi 01/03/2001 8:46 AM

Re: functionality Solamente, Doug. 01/03/2001 1:24 PM

Re: functionality NicholasW 01/03/2001 2:01 PM

Re: functionality Faldage 01/03/2001 2:19 PM

Good woords gone to greater length wow 01/03/2001 7:06 PM

UPcoming and ONgoing TEd Remington 01/03/2001 8:05 PM

Re: UPcoming and ONgoing Faldage 01/03/2001 9:28 PM

Re: UPcoming and ONgoing belMarduk 01/03/2001 9:39 PM

Re: UPcoming and ONgoing wow 02/20/2001 10:49 PM

Re: UPcoming and ONgoing wow 02/20/2001 10:43 PM

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Re: functionality NicholasW 01/04/2001 9:42 AM

Re: functionality WGS 02/20/2001 3:54 PM

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Re: A Question Of "Faldage" Faldage 01/03/2001 1:53 AM

Re: A Question Of "Faldage" Capital Kiwi 01/03/2001 3:05 AM

Re: A Question Of "droit de seigneur" Faldage 01/03/2001 2:12 PM

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Re: A Question Of "droit de seigneur" Faldage 01/03/2001 6:29 PM

Re: A Question Of "droit de seigneur" AnnaStrophic 01/05/2001 1:17 AM

Re: A Question Of "droit de seigneur" Bobyoungbalt 01/05/2001 3:44 PM

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Re: A Question Of "-age" garynamy 02/21/2001 1:12 PM

Re: A Question Of "-age" wwh 02/21/2001 2:22 PM

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