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Old 24-Jun-2007, 20:44
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Default Re: Put up with
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Originally Posted by engee30 View Post
Yeah, right. So what about Roberta's meaning to say, 'is the correct but not appropriate or acceptable very formal language'.
Wow, that's a mouthful!

I am not sure what is (possibly) meant by "very formal language", but "put up with" is a phrasal verb. It is not slang.

~R

P.S. Do you know the famous phrase in which Winston Churchill used the phrasal verb "put up with"?

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