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Old 06-04-2004, 06:38 PM   #37
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Quote:
Originally posted by Dirty Meg:
usually the word which doesn't exist (eg ruth(meaning compation)) is a word which has fallen out of use while the version with the prefix is still used.
......more commonly than the one with the suffix? Terminological inexactitude - who needs it??
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