Re: Re: ABSENT 'without'

RonButters at AOL.COM RonButters at AOL.COM
Mon Sep 27 03:44:21 UTC 2004

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In a message dated 9/26/04 11:23:47 PM, laurence.horn at YALE.EDU writes:

> Well, I also posted the OED cites (beginning with one from 1944)
> earlier today, which concur with this view, but of course they're not
> decisive.
>

I guess it would make sense to check NewspaperArchive and/or Proquest as well
as the OED, but the OED cites do seem to suggest a legal origin.

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