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Contrary view time - it's my lunchtime, so I can afford to be contrary - there are two separate expressions here:
1. Someone is on form.
This usage is quite normal in Britspeak parts of the world.
2. Someone is in great form.
This usage means something completely different from 1. but is semantically correct within its own context.
3. You wouldn't, however, claim that someone is on great form, just on form.
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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in/on form
doc_comfort 09/30/2002 7:04 AM ![]()
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sjm 09/30/2002 7:49 AM ![]()
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jmh 09/30/2002 8:56 AM ![]()
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FishonaBike 09/30/2002 3:39 PM ![]()
TEd's in shape
TEd Remington 09/30/2002 4:08 PM ![]()
finish the quatrain?
wofahulicodoc 09/30/2002 6:39 PM ![]()
Sorry I started it
wofahulicodoc 09/30/2002 6:43 PM ![]()
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consuelo 09/30/2002 9:31 AM ![]()
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Faldage 09/30/2002 10:05 AM ![]()
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Wordwind 09/30/2002 11:45 AM ![]()
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Capital Kiwi 09/30/2002 12:03 PM ![]()
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Wordwind 09/30/2002 12:11 PM ![]()
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Capital Kiwi 09/30/2002 12:32 PM ![]()
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modestgoddess 09/30/2002 6:53 PM ![]()
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TEd Remington 09/30/2002 7:08 PM ![]()
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Wordwind 09/30/2002 9:00 PM ![]()
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AnnaStrophic 09/30/2002 8:22 PM ![]()
off/out of form
FishonaBike 10/01/2002 10:48 AM ![]()
Extensive Research
FishonaBike 10/01/2002 11:02 AM ![]()
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Bean 10/01/2002 11:17 AM
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