[Ads-l] arrove

W Brewer brewerwa at GMAIL.COM
Tue Jun 2 14:57:10 UTC 2015


PJ: <<Well, if we can take a French loan like "catch" and derive a past
like "caught" out of it ...>>
WB:  Has <prove> made the full transition yet, shaking off its froggy past?
<<It's a proven fact.>> <<You haven't proven a thing.>> Prudent pedants
take note.

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