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Old 03-Nov-2006, 10:06
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Gubernatorial?

Affirmative action?

Haemorrhage red ink? Or should that be hemorrhage (both nouns by the way)

One event impact another?

Author books?

Pressure colleagues?

How about this:

Texas millionaire real-estate developer and failed thrift entrepreneur Hiram H Wally the third.

What’s all that about? Then we have dates. Why put the month before the day if you’re going to leave the year behind the month?
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Gubernatorial?

Affirmative action?

Haemorrhage red ink? Or should that be hemorrhage (both nouns by the way)

One event impact another?

Author books?

Pressure colleagues?

How about this:

Texas millionaire real-estate developer and failed thrift entrepreneur Hiram H Wally the third.

What’s all that about? Then we have dates. Why put the month before the day if you’re going to leave the year behind the month?
In 'hemorrhage red ink" Hemorrhage is a verb. You can keep the archaic spelling.
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hemorrhage: Definition and Much More from Answers.com

not according to here, albeit spelt wrongly
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Gubernatorial?
Affirmative action?
Haemorrhage red ink? Or should that be hemorrhage (both nouns by the way)
One event impact another?
Author books?
Pressure colleagues?
How about this:
Texas millionaire real-estate developer and failed thrift entrepreneur Hiram H Wally the third.
What’s all that about? Then we have dates. Why put the month before the day if you’re going to leave the year behind the month?
"Yir bums's ootra windae" means list some nouns that are also used as verbs? The Scottish accent is more gobbledygook than I realized!
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"Yir bums's ootra windae" means list some nouns that are also used as verbs? The Scottish accent is more gobbledygook than I realized!
I think it means you are defeated, lost, gone, finished.
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hemorrhage: Definition and Much More from Answers.com

not according to here, albeit spelt wrongly
"hemorrhage red ink" = verb + direct object
"hemorrhage of red ink" = noun + prepositional phrase
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I think it means you are defeated, lost, gone, finished.
Aye, I'd better take my leave before you slap me with your sporran molach.
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I suppose we ought to move on
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Call me old fashioned but I think English is from England

With all due respect but don't you think such a statement seems a bit anachronistic?
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With all due respect but don't you think such a statement seems a bit anachronistic?
In what way?
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