[Ads-l] To "receive"

[Laurence Horn]

Yeah, now what did I do with that "Return to Sender" stamp? I'll have to
locate it before receiving the next blizzard.

On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 1:58 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> A current TV ad warns "Do not receive Botox if you [blah blah blah]."
>
> A message from our local garbagepersons says: "Due to inclement weather
> received on Monday, 12/26, we were closed on 12/27 and trucks were unable
> to run."
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> Neither sounds idiomatic to me, though No.2 is clearly the worse.
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> JL
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