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- From: cliftonr@netcom.com (Pope Clifton)
- Subject: Re: Nontransparent prose complaint
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.125524.16599@netcom.com>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 12:55:24 GMT
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- David Barr (barr@pop.psu.edu) wrote:
- : In article <mcirvin.727658108@husc.harvard.edu> mcirvin@husc8.harvard.edu (Matt McIrvin) writes:
- : >neuro@cspace.comspec.com (Neuromancer) writes:
- : >
- : >>You don't get more pedantic than this...
- : >
- : >>In article <1993Jan17.224035.384@mtechca.maintech.com> foster@mtechca.maintech.com writes:
- : >>>
- : >>>"come" is a verb
- : >>>"cum" is a noun
- : >
- : >Is this in the OED?
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- : Actually, "cum" is a preposition, at least according to webster.
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- "To" is a preposition. "Come" is a verb.
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