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Old 17-Oct-2006, 17:13
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Default Re: antagonyms

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Originally Posted by Tdol View Post
I agree with your piece where you say that people intend it to be an intesifier. There are some strange uses floating around at the moment, like this one and I also like people using 'to coin a phrase' as a way of introducing a cliche.
It's quite funny that people use it as a intensifier. I belive to some not native speakers (such as me) it must sometimes seem a little confusing .
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