Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 14:42:14 +0100

From: Dennis Baron debaron[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UIUC.EDU

Subject: Re: Samuel Johnson's birthday -Reply



Hence we should practice forebearance?





Strike the first "e". This is

"for-" ~= "away, destroyed", as in "forgive", "forget", "forfend",

archaic "fordo";

not

"fore-" ~= "before, in front", as in "foresee", "forehead",

"forewarned", and indeed "before".



Mark A. Mandel :



Mark! Fore shame.



dennis



Dennis Baron debaron[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]uiuc.edu



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