[Ads-l] "stepped foot on" (that flight)

[Jonathan Lighter]

At least two CNN reporters have also said "step foot on" more or less
independently of Dr. Frieden.

JL

On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Those who lack precision would probably find that the quality of Google
> searches is improving, as Google tries to figure out what one meant to ask
> for, and does a better job of providing more likely alternatives to common
> mistakes.
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> Doesn't help the precise ones much, though.
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> DanG
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> On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Christopher Philippo <toff at mac.com>
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> > On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> > > searching for =93step foot on" (quoted) gives me pages that contain =
> > instead only "set foot on".
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> > Would the search:
> > =93step foot on" -"set foot on"
> > resolve that issue?
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> > I have noted that quality of Google=92s web, news, and book searches =
> > seem to have been declining, though.  Their search options should be =
> > growing more versatile and their search results more useful, not less =
> > so.
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