not uncommon

[Tom Zurinskas]

Is there a difference between "not uncommon" and "common"?


Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
see truespel.com


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> Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:16:56 -0500
> From: paul.johnston at WMICH.EDU
> Subject: Re: relative "that" again
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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> Sender: American Dialect Society
> Poster: Paul Johnston
> Subject: Re: relative "that" again
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> This reanalysis can appear in dialects and is actually not uncommon
> in Early Modern English letters and letters from places like Scotland
> and Ulster.
>
> Yours,
> Paul Johnston
> On Feb 20, 2009, at 3:39 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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