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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Linguistics Studies
Staunch/stanch
Which would you use, were you in the situation of having to use it? ;-)
We have to staunch the flow immigrants.
We have to stanch the flow immigrants.
We have to staunch the flow immigrants.
We have to stanch the flow immigrants.
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I imagine I would use "staunch". In American English, I have heard people use both "stanch the flow" and "staunch the flow", however "staunch the flow" strikes me as the more commonly used of the two. A search on COCA seems to confirm my native speaker instinct.
- I imagine I would use "staunch".
- In American English, I have heard people use both "stanch the flow" and "staunch the flow", however "staunch the flow" strikes me as the more commonly used of the two.
- A search on COCA seems to confirm my native speaker instinct.
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I imagine I would use "staunch". In American English, I have heard people use both "stanch the flow" and "staunch the flow", however "staunch the flow" strikes me as the more commonly used of the two. A search on COCA seems to confirm my native speaker instinct.
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