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[Arnold Zwicky]

On Feb 23, 2010, at 8:38 AM, i wrote [to Judy Prince]:

> nice nouning of "recommend".  in the OED (draft revision June 2009),
> marked as originally Scots, now colloquial), with cites from c1550
> though 2007.

in the sense 'a recommendation'.  there's also an obsolete sense 'act
of recommending', attested only in the 16th century.

arnold

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