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[Wilson Gray]

On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
> there is a difference between "favored" and "favorite"

Of course there is, and it's a major one. That goes without saying.
But, in this particular instance, _most-favored nation_ is a
well-known cliche and standard boilerplate, as you yourself point out.
"Most _favorite_ nation" is a mispreapprehension. Or, perhaps the
writer's mind merely stumbled.

IAC, it's long since been agreed that the purpose of language is
merely communication of mental processes and it is not my intention to
deny that successful communication has occurred, in this case.

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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