[Ads-l] keep / stick to your own kind!
Arnold M. Zwicky
zwicky at STANFORD.EDU
Fri Sep 20 21:09:34 UTC 2019
Nice examples, John. Many thanks.
> On Sep 20, 2019, at 10:47 AM, Baker, John <JBAKER at STRADLEY.COM> wrote:
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> I see a few early examples of "stick to your own kind," mostly on Google Books. It seems to show up mainly in romantic novels and stories.
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> "Keep to your own kind" is also found, but may have a slightly different connotation.
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arnold
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