[Ads-l] Select Down

Margaret Winters mewinters at WAYNE.EDU
Thu May 11 14:25:52 UTC 2017


Heard this morning on XM radio, interview with Barry Manilow (paraphrased but with the bolded expression): how did you select down the songs for your new album?


It's a nice blend and another example of what seems to be the expanded use of a particle/preposition with more verbs.


Margaret



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MARGARET E WINTERS
Former Provost
Professor Emerita - French and Linguistics
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI  48202

mewinters at wayne.edu


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