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Re: need help with trivia question

#269 06/22/00 04:32 AM

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Why is there such a tendancy to make a new longer word when a perfectly acceptable short word will do the job?
For the same reason as leads to finding such hitherto unknown distinctions as healthful v. healthy. TO MAKE YOURSELF LOOK MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE THAN OTHER PEOPLE

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