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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Discuded?
Is it okay to use discluded, because I can't find it in any dictionary.
To disclude something is okay, isn't it? And as such, discluded is acceptable. My big (Oxford English) dictionary doesn't even have disclude.
However, there are many examples of its use in Google Books. Is that a verification of sorts?
To disclude something is okay, isn't it? And as such, discluded is acceptable. My big (Oxford English) dictionary doesn't even have disclude.
However, there are many examples of its use in Google Books. Is that a verification of sorts?
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Hi, There seems to be a conscious movement to get people to use this word and to force it into the dictionary. eg Read this. ' So, I'd avoid it.
- Hi, There seems to be a conscious movement to get people to use this word and to force it into the dictionary.
- eg Read this.
- ' So, I'd avoid it.
- Clive
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Hi,
There seems to be a conscious movement to get people to use this word and to force it into the dictionary.
eg Read this.http://www.facebook.com/pages/Disc
There seems to be a conscious movement to get people to use this word and to force it into the dictionary.
eg Read this.http://www.facebook.com/pages/Disc
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Hi
It's not in my dictionary either - it seems to be taking off as a new word
The idea is to soften the meaning of the word "exclude". For example..
- At the meeting next Monday we will have to discuss John's behaviour
- I would prefer to be discluded
(= I don't want you to say that I'm excluded; I'd just rather not be involved in discussing John's beh
It's not in my dictionary either - it seems to be taking off as a new word
The idea is to soften the meaning of the word "exclude". For example..
- At the meeting next Monday we will have to discuss John's behaviour
- I would prefer to be discluded
(= I don't want you to say that I'm excluded; I'd just rather not be involved in discussing John's beh
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Thanks Clive.
I'm still a bit tortured over it, but then, there is the Latin discludo (to shut up seperately or to keep apart). And since includo obviously originated to include....
I apologize - I know this is an English grammar forum.
Like you said: best avoided.
I'm still a bit tortured over it, but then, there is the Latin discludo (to shut up seperately or to keep apart). And since includo obviously originated to include....
I apologize - I know this is an English grammar forum.
Like you said: best avoided.
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