have [was: bodily]

[Jonathan Lighter]

Not quite.

Contrast:

1. He had her.
2. He had enough of her.

Consider also, "He had her - in the Biblical sense."

That implies that the so-called "Biblical sense" really is a different
sense.

JL

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 8:37 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 2/24/2011 05:02 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >Cf. the semantic qualities of to "have."
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> "I've had it with you" vs. "I've had 'it' with you"?
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> Nothing personal, Jon.
> Joel
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