"tacit silence"

[Lynne Murphy]

When I first read the 'tacit silence' headline, I assumed the target was
'tactful'.

LM

Dr M Lynne Murphy
Senior Lecturer and Head of Department
Linguistics and English Language
Arts B135
University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9QN

phone: +44-(0)1273-678844
http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com

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