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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread congeneric #34616 07/04/2001 7:35 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 " Merely putting together a financial services congeneric with all the constituent parts does not guarantee success,'" This is both ungrammatical and hard to understand. What did he mean? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: congeneric #34617 07/05/2001 11:54 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin belligerentyouth old hand belligerentyouth old hand Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin > the constituent parts This is the bit that confused me. Otherwise I'd have assumed he meant that .. Merely putting together a company offering financial services similar to those of competitors does not guarantee success. But what are these parts?. If they are part of the whole, as 'constituent' implies, and that whole is a company, then surely it can't be congeneric. More information please :-) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: congeneric #34618 07/05/2001 7:35 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 What did he mean? "Call and ask him," saith the Editor. If he won't take your call that ought to tell you something! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: congeneric #34619 07/05/2001 8:29 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear wow: Wordsmith Jr. didn't give an address readily callable. But I was challenging the Editors among us to pass judgment on the writing skills of the perpetrator. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: congeneric #34620 07/06/2001 6:28 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 This is both ungrammatical and hard to understand. What did he mean? It so much both of those things that who really cares what is meant? I would refuse to deal with anyone using such language! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: congeneric #34621 07/07/2001 4:11 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 I would refuse to deal with anyone using such language! Hear! Hear! ... and one who does not give a contact address or telephone number. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,917 Posts230,600 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,392 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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