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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: inflict and afflict #59081 02/28/02 07:26 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah R Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 boronia, you take the very words from my mouth! "afflict", I think, is a passive word. One says, "I am afflicted with boils." but that doesn't indicate the agent. You know not whence cometh the boils. "Inflict", on the other hand, is active, and I can say, "You inflicted me with boils," which pins down the agent precisely. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted inflict and afflict soojin 02/27/02 08:22 PM Re: inflict and afflict wwh 02/27/02 08:52 PM Re: inflict and afflict Capital Kiwi 02/27/02 10:09 PM Re: inflict and afflict wwh 02/27/02 10:48 PM Re: inflict and afflict Keiva 02/27/02 11:12 PM Re: inflict and afflict ladymoon 02/27/02 11:27 PM Re: inflict and afflict wwh 02/27/02 11:40 PM Re: inflict and afflict Keiva 02/27/02 11:50 PM Re: inflict and afflict wwh 02/27/02 11:59 PM effect and affect TEd Remington 02/28/02 06:09 PM Re: inflict and afflict hev 02/28/02 01:22 AM Re: inflict and afflict wwh 02/28/02 01:36 AM . Max Quordlepleen 02/28/02 01:53 AM Re: inflict and afflict Keiva 02/28/02 02:06 AM Re: inflict and afflict wwh 02/28/02 02:06 AM . Max Quordlepleen 02/28/02 02:16 AM Re: inflict and afflict wwh 02/28/02 02:48 AM Re: inflict and afflict hev 02/28/02 03:17 AM . Max Quordlepleen 02/28/02 03:55 AM Re: inflict and afflict soojin 02/28/02 05:08 AM Re: inflict and afflict wwh 02/28/02 03:22 PM Re: inflict and afflict Jackie 02/28/02 04:41 PM Re: inflict and afflict slithy toves 02/28/02 05:07 PM Re: inflict and afflict Jackie 02/28/02 05:31 PM Re: inflict and afflict boronia 02/28/02 06:30 PM Re: inflict and afflict RhubarbCommando 02/28/02 07:26 PM Re: inflict and afflict duncan large 02/28/02 05:32 PM . Max Quordlepleen 02/28/02 07:31 PM Re: inflict and afflict tsuwm 02/28/02 08:06 PM Re: inflict and afflict RhubarbCommando 02/28/02 08:27 PM Re: inflict and afflict Keiva 02/28/02 08:32 PM Re: inflict and afflict Capital Kiwi 03/01/02 08:54 AM Re: inflict and afflict WhitmanO'Neill 03/01/02 08:05 PM Re: inflict and afflict wwh 03/01/02 08:25 PM Re: inflict and afflict soojin 03/02/02 03:18 AM Re: inflict and afflict stales 02/28/02 02:56 AM 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,012 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 203 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 23 A C Bowden 12 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,968 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,957 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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