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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread ....is when..... #98170 03/09/2003 8:33 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 An orbit is when one object in the universe (for example a planet or a star) goes round another one without touching it. Is this an idiom? Something about it bothers me. Is it an ellipsis for "an orbit is created when......"? Is there a better way to say it? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted ....is when..... wwh 03/09/2003 8:33 PM Re: ....is when..... Jackie 03/09/2003 9:07 PM You don't say musick 03/09/2003 9:27 PM Re: ....is when..... wordminstrel 03/09/2003 9:26 PM Re: ....is when..... wwh 03/09/2003 9:48 PM Re: ....is when..... Wordwind 03/09/2003 10:04 PM Re: ....is when..... Wordwind 03/09/2003 10:50 PM Re: ....is when..... wofahulicodoc 03/09/2003 10:59 PM Re: ....is when..... Faldage 03/09/2003 11:06 PM Re: ....is when..... Wordwind 03/09/2003 11:17 PM Re: prescriptive grammar Faldage 03/10/2003 12:14 AM Re: prescriptive grammar Wordwind 03/10/2003 12:31 AM 10,900,000 Google Hits... Wordwind 03/10/2003 12:53 AM Re: 10,900,000 Google Hits... modestgoddess 03/10/2003 10:14 PM Re: 10,900,000 Google Hits... wwh 03/10/2003 11:11 PM Re: 10,900,000 Google Hits... modestgoddess 03/13/2003 1:47 AM Re: ....is when..... wsieber 03/14/2003 7:53 AM Re: ....is when..... Wordwind 03/14/2003 9:18 AM Re: ....is when..... Faldage 03/14/2003 11:20 AM Re: ....is when..... Bean 03/14/2003 1:04 PM 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 Topics13,916 Posts230,374 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 15 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,202 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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