[Ads-l] Heard: "allege" > _allegate_

[Peter Reitan]

"So true - I stand corrected.  Or - I appreciate the correct."

Or put another way, "I appreciate being corregated."
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So true - I stand corrected.  Or - I appreciate the correct.


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MARGARET E WINTERS
Professor Emerita
French and Linguistics
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI  48202

mewinters at wayne.edu



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Please! What a wonderful *back form*!

Mark


On Mar 2, 2017 11:05 AM, "Margaret Winters" wrote:

What a wonderful back formation!

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