Subject: | Re: [OM] Speaking of paradigms [was The fate of the Universe [wasIMG: Friday Flower, sort of ...]] |
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From: | Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
Date: | Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:46:26 -0500 |
Don't forget that when "We the people . . . in order to form a more perfect . . . etc." was written, most of the writers and signers were still a bunch of renegade Englishmen. --Bob Whitmire www.bwp33.com On Nov 14, 2009, at 5:42 PM, Moose wrote: > Nevertheless, I live in a different country with its own major variant > of English and the usage "more perfect" to mean what you would say as > "closer to perfect" is common accepted usage here. -- _________________________________________________________________ Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/ Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/ |
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