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Re: inflict and afflict

#59069 02/28/2002 2:48 AM

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wwh

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Dear MaxQ: F-word the dictionaries. They are cramped for space, and do not pretend to be arbiters of fine shades of meaning. The difference seems to be that humans can inflict, but only malign abstractions can afflict.

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