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Usenet Posted 22 years ago
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IIRC = If I Remember Correctly or IF I Recall Correctly?
THE CANONICAL ABBREVIATION/ACRONYM LIST (Compiled by James Marshall) http://www.astro.umd.edu/~marshall/abbrev.html
gives two variants:
IIRC If I Recall/Remember Correctly
while
The on-line hacker Jargon File - http://www.elsewhere.org/jargon/
gives just one:
IIRC // Common abbreviation for "If I Recall Correctly".
My first question is addressed to people who use the abbreviation "IIRC": which way do you decipher it?
My second question is for those who use the BLOCKED EXPRESSION in real life: do you say "If I recall correctly" or "If I remember correctly"? Or do you use them interchangeably?
Best,
Irina Tkachova, Moscow
A little learning is a dangerous thing ¿
gives two variants:
IIRC If I Recall/Remember Correctly
while
The on-line hacker Jargon File - http://www.elsewhere.org/jargon/
gives just one:
IIRC // Common abbreviation for "If I Recall Correctly".
My first question is addressed to people who use the abbreviation "IIRC": which way do you decipher it?
My second question is for those who use the BLOCKED EXPRESSION in real life: do you say "If I recall correctly" or "If I remember correctly"? Or do you use them interchangeably?
Best,
Irina Tkachova, Moscow
A little learning is a dangerous thing ¿
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[nq:1]My second question is for those who use the BLOCKED EXPRESSION in real life: do you say "If I recall correctly" or "If I remember correctly"? [/nq] I vote for "recall" even though it's less current than "remember" in other circumstances. The ephrase "If I recall correctly" is not quite an idiom in its own right (perhaps more of a cliché) but it is a set of words that 'go together' so to speak.
- [nq:1]My second question is for those who use the BLOCKED EXPRESSION in real life: do you say "If I recall correctly" or "If I remember correctly"?
- [/nq] I vote for "recall" even though it's less current than "remember" in other circumstances.
- The ephrase "If I recall correctly" is not quite an idiom in its own right (perhaps more of a cliché) but it is a set of words that 'go together' so to speak.
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[nq:1]My second question is for those who use the BLOCKED EXPRESSION in real life: do you say "If I recall correctly" or "If I remember correctly"? Or do you use them interchangeably?[/nq]
I vote for "recall" even though it's less current than "remember" in other circumstances. The ephrase "If I recall correctly" is not quite an idiom in its own right (perhaps more of a cliché) but it is a set
I vote for "recall" even though it's less current than "remember" in other circumstances. The ephrase "If I recall correctly" is not quite an idiom in its own right (perhaps more of a cliché) but it is a set
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[nq:1]THE CANONICAL ABBREVIATION/ACRONYM LIST (Compiled by James Marshall) http://www.astro.umd.edu/~marshall/abbrev.html gives two variants: IIRC If I Recall/Remember Correctly while The on-line ... Recall Correctly". My first question is addressed to people who use the abbreviation
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[nq:2]My second question is for those who use the BLOCKED EXPRESSION ... "If I remember correctly"? Or do you use them interchangeably?[/nq]
[nq:1]remember = recall[/nq]
But their meanings aren't absolutely equal, are they? "Recall" means to bring back to the mind, thus it is an action verb. In addition to having the same meaning as "recall", "remember" means to keep in the memory and in t
[nq:1]remember = recall[/nq]
But their meanings aren't absolutely equal, are they? "Recall" means to bring back to the mind, thus it is an action verb. In addition to having the same meaning as "recall", "remember" means to keep in the memory and in t
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