assumably etc. (was Re: "last stitch effort")

James Smith jsmithjamessmith at YAHOO.COM
Mon Sep 27 13:13:14 UTC 2004


Of course it's pompous.  Pomposity is part and parcel
of what the word is used to convey, innit?.



--- Robert Wachal <robert-wachal at UIOWA.EDU> wrote:

> When it comes to disliking certain words, does
> anyone else dislike
> 'gravitas' and think it pompous? And how about
> 'absent' as a preposition?
>


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