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- From: pdc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Paul Crowley)
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- Subject: Re: quite unique
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- Date: 17 Nov 92 10:38:16 GMT
- References: <1992Nov16.052702.21102@Princeton.EDU> <1992Nov16.112957.23053@black.ox.ac.uk> <BxtI97.n4I@dcs.ed.ac.uk> <1992Nov16.192525.27740@bcrka451.bnr.ca>
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- Organization: Do they make a washing powder called Caliban Automatic?
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- In article <1992Nov16.192525.27740@bcrka451.bnr.ca> nadeau@bcarh1ab.bnr.ca (Rheal Nadeau) writes:
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- >I believe we should only use "quite" if we can use "not quite" in the
- >same place.
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- Why?
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- >But what would "not quite unique" mean?
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- "It's not quite unique -- there's a machine in Colorado that does much
- the same thing -- but it's not exactly commonplace, all the same."
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- \/ o\ Paul Crowley pdc@dcs.ed.ac.uk \ /
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