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Old 06-May-2007, 14:41
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Default Re: Submit An Idiom

There's nothing really dodgy- if it's copied, it's an infringement. Many definitions will naturally be almost identical, but it is a matter of trying to weed out those that are copied from original wordings. If enough words were changed that it did not resemble a straight copy, it would be acceptable. If hundreds of idioms were identical or differed by one word, then that would constitute an infringement. If a few get past the filter, then I doubt that much would happen. They don't appear on the site immediately, so there are opportunities to deal with this.
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