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Boded well
Honestly naive question, this without researching it which was prompted by the following BBC on-line report on the current football stuff:
While Thursday's game was his priority at the moment, Eriksson said the age and depth of the current squad boded well for the next World Cup in 2006.
"Boded" went CLANG to me, but I'm not sure what I'd have expected "bade", perhaps?
Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 21 years.
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While Thursday's game was his priority at the moment, Eriksson said the age and depth of the current squad boded well for the next World Cup in 2006.
"Boded" went CLANG to me, but I'm not sure what I'd have expected "bade", perhaps?
Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 21 years.
(for e-mail, change harvey to whhvs)
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[nq:1]Honestly naive question, this without researching it which was prompted by the following BBC on-line report on the ... World Cup in 2006. [/nq] Bodes well is a common usage.
- [nq:1]Honestly naive question, this without researching it which was prompted by the following BBC on-line report on the ...
- World Cup in 2006.
- [/nq] Bodes well is a common usage.
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[nq:1]Honestly naive question, this without researching it which was prompted by the following BBC on-line report on the ... World Cup in 2006. "Boded" went CLANG to me, but I'm not sure what I'd have expected "bade", perhaps?[/nq]
Bodes well is a common usage.
Bodes well is a common usage.
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[nq:2]Honestly naive question, this without researching it which ... I'm not sure what I'd have expected "bade", perhaps?[/nq]
[nq:1]Bodes well is a common usage.[/nq]
Indeed; but that's not the problem here.
Which word should be used if "boded/bade well" is the appropriate form?
Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 21 year
[nq:1]Bodes well is a common usage.[/nq]
Indeed; but that's not the problem here.
Which word should be used if "boded/bade well" is the appropriate form?
Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 21 year
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[nq:1]Honestly naive question, this without researching it which was prompted by the following BBC on-line report on the ... World Cup in 2006. "Boded" went CLANG to me, but I'm not sure what I'd have expected "bade", perhaps?[/nq]
Fine for me - bodes / boded - It boded well, it boded ill, it boded no good...
Dryden's Aureng-Zebe seems to be a fave cite of dictionaries:
Sir, give
Fine for me - bodes / boded - It boded well, it boded ill, it boded no good...
Dryden's Aureng-Zebe seems to be a fave cite of dictionaries:
Sir, give
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[nq:1]Honestly naive question, this without researching it which was prompted by the following BBC on-line report on the ... World Cup in 2006. "Boded" went CLANG to me, but I'm not sure what I'd have expected "bade", perhaps?[/nq]
"Bade" is the past tense of "to bid" with the sense of "told", as in "She bade them good-night." Cf. "to forbid" > "forbade". "Boded" seems fine to me as the pas
"Bade" is the past tense of "to bid" with the sense of "told", as in "She bade them good-night." Cf. "to forbid" > "forbade". "Boded" seems fine to me as the pas
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