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Re: Fewer and Fewer

#32427 06/15/2001 3:09 PM

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maverick

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maverick

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To say it is an inelegant construction...

But if we turn it on its head and say "More people are working more hours", I suspect we would all understand the same thing - a greater number are working overtime.

As soon as such a construction makes you stop and think, it becomes self defeating as a tool of communication, doesn't it?

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Fewer and Fewer Brandon 06/15/2001 2:19 PM

Re: Fewer and Fewer Bean 06/15/2001 2:59 PM

Re: Fewer and Fewer wwh 06/15/2001 3:04 PM

Re: Fewer and Fewer Bean 06/15/2001 3:07 PM

Re: Fewer and Fewer Brandon 06/15/2001 3:11 PM

Re: Fewer and Fewer maverick 06/15/2001 3:09 PM

Re: Fewer and Fewer Faldage 06/15/2001 3:14 PM

Re: Fewer and Fewer maverick 06/15/2001 3:40 PM

Re: Stop and think Faldage 06/15/2001 4:12 PM

Re: Stop and think maverick 06/15/2001 4:19 PM

Re: Stop and think emanuela 06/15/2001 7:02 PM

Stop and wink musick 06/15/2001 7:21 PM

Re: Stop and wink of troy 06/15/2001 7:28 PM

Re: Stop and wink Faldage 06/15/2001 7:30 PM

Re: Stop and wink musick 06/15/2001 7:36 PM

musick Faldage 06/15/2001 7:38 PM

Re: Stop and wink Brandon 06/15/2001 7:44 PM

Collective Curiosity musick 06/15/2001 8:03 PM

Re: Stop and wink jimthedog 06/15/2001 10:26 PM

Re: Stop and wink musick 06/15/2001 10:34 PM

Re: Stop and wink jimthedog 06/15/2001 11:20 PM

Re: Stop and wink WhitmanO'Neill 06/16/2001 12:44 AM

Re: Stop and wink AnnaStrophic 06/16/2001 11:55 AM

Re: Stop and wink of troy 06/15/2001 7:54 PM

Re: Stop and wink nancyk 06/15/2001 7:29 PM

Re: Stop and think Sparteye 06/15/2001 5:38 PM

Re: Sticks and stones may break my bones Faldage 06/15/2001 5:43 PM

Re: Sticks and stones may break my bones of troy 06/15/2001 6:32 PM

Re: Stop and think Faldage 06/18/2001 11:14 AM

Fewer Cognitions? musick 06/16/2001 1:46 AM

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