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Re: [opensuse] English locution correction (was Re: Clinging to Microsoft (was Re: Why openSUSE is less popular than Ubuntu?)
- From: sc <toothpik@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:59:44 -0600
- Message-id: <201112211359.44570.toothpik@swbell.net>
On Wednesday, December 21, 2011 13:07:56 Bob Williams wrote:
i beg to differ
beggars can't be choosers
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On 20/12/11 23:46, John Andersen wrote:
The entire issue revolves around a largely archaic use of
the word "beg", which is used almost NOWHERE in English
today or for the past hundred years other than in this
SINGLE phrase "beg the question".
I beg your pardon?
i beg to differ
beggars can't be choosers
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