[Ads-l] "How would *you* _game-plan against_ France?"
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On Jul 10, Jul 2018, at 13:28, Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Subject: "How would *you* _game-plan against_ France?"
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> American commentator at the World Cup
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> -Wilson
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A reader of our blog Grammarphobia.com emailed us about a few similar verbs seen in the wild: to care-give, to firework (apropos of July 4), and to free ship (as in "Have you free shipped yet?").
I often see (and hear) "dog walk," as in "a good place to dog walk."
Pat O'Conner
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