real English?

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Wayles Browne wrote:

> David said 188 hits, but my Google search found only 6, of which 4 are 
> in fact the same instance (from Proz, a site devoted to discussing 
> translations). The instance represented by the 4 hits was written by an 
> English speaker who has lived, studied, and worked in Germany for a long 
> time. I'd say that the expression is not just rare, but so rare that we 
> shouldn't advise anyone to use it.

Agreed. I also got only six hits, plus two if I omitted the apostrophe.

But I did get 201 by omitting the preposition (vs. 1.36 million for "a 
stone's throw").

-- 
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Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
http://pbg-translations.com

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