make do --> make due

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Jan 29, 2005, at 1:01 PM, Mark A. Mandel wrote:

> extracted from a personal e-mail letter
>  >>>
> We will have to reschedule our weekend
> visit. My sister just called to say she is making her semi annual
> visit the
> 15-20
>  [...] My apologies for the screw up.  My sister is famous for last
> minute
> appearances but since she comes so rarely we make due and I need to
> capture
> her for some serious discussions[...]
>  <<<

ah, an old friend.  my current file on this (about to be amended by
mark's addition) goes:
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make do > make due

Edward Carpenter, “Two jurors got normal pay”, PADN 12/15/04, p. 4:

Two San Mateo County public employees... were lucky enough to not miss
a single paycheck [while serving on the Scott Peterson jury], while
other jurors would have had to make due with with a $15 a day court
stipend...

thousands of Google examples:

01/26/03 - Posted from the Daily Record newsroom. Charities try to make
due with
 less cash. ...Charities try to make due with less cash Colleges
staying afloat ...
 www.dailyrecord.com/business/ forecast2003/012603-charities.html

 ...Cities trying to figure out how to make due with less by Tom
Robertson, Minnesota
 Public Radio February 21, 2003 Larger view. Bemidji ...
 news.minnesota.publicradio.org/ features/2003/02/21_robertsont_lgacuts/

Cubans make due with limited assistive technology. Even with a more
independent
 culture, Cuba's streets and lack of resources provides barriers. ...
 www.atnet.org/news/2003/feb03/020101.htm

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arnold (zwicky at csli.stanford.edu)