"be inappropriate"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 11/9/2011 10:25 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Herman Cain said that he's "never acted inappropriately with anyone."
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>Newscasters are paraphrasing this as "never been inappropriate with anyone."

I think I heard Cain say "I've never acted inappropriate [yes, adj.]
with anyone, period."  But I'm too lazy to investigate.

Joel


>Not in OED.
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