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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: SUPPLE #19594 02/19/2001 4:03 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 Bean old hand Bean old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 I think I would be inclined to say that their bodies are supple. That is, "Dancers have supple bodies" but not "Dancers are supple". This also holds in the poem example above. Maybe just a personal preference? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted SUPPLE howdy 02/18/2001 10:37 PM Re: SUPPLE wwh 02/19/2001 12:13 AM Re: SUPPLE jmh 02/19/2001 8:53 AM Re: SUPPLE RhubarbCommando 02/19/2001 9:53 AM Re: SUPPLE Bean 02/19/2001 4:03 PM Re: SUPPLE Fiberbabe 02/19/2001 4:31 PM Re: SUPPLE tsuwm 02/19/2001 5:25 PM Re: SUPPLE Fiberbabe 02/19/2001 7:12 PM Re: SUPPLE wow 02/19/2001 5:00 PM Re: SUPPLE howdy 02/19/2001 7:08 PM Re: SUPPLE TEd Remington 02/22/2001 1:27 AM Re: SUPPLE wow 02/22/2001 4:19 AM Re: SUPPLE BeingCJ 02/22/2001 11:25 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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