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Supersedation
Elsewhere on Usenet I posted a message which I wanted to conclude with something along the lines of "...and I now wait for someone to supersede my claim" but I wished to make it much snappier than that.
Realising I was not familiar with any noun formed from "supersede" I headed for my desk dictionary which offered both "supersedence" and "supersession". Not having used, or indeed knowingly met, either, my instinct is that the first is probably more common, relatively
speaking, while the second looks a touch flamboyant (and therefore more attractive).
Any experience with either or both?
Philip Eden
Realising I was not familiar with any noun formed from "supersede" I headed for my desk dictionary which offered both "supersedence" and "supersession". Not having used, or indeed knowingly met, either, my instinct is that the first is probably more common, relatively
speaking, while the second looks a touch flamboyant (and therefore more attractive).
Any experience with either or both?
Philip Eden
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and I ... common, relatively speaking, while the second looks a touch flamboyant (and therefore more attractive). [/nq] Add "supersedure" to your choices.
- and I ...
- common, relatively speaking, while the second looks a touch flamboyant (and therefore more attractive).
- [/nq] Add "supersedure" to your choices.
- Too lofty?
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[nq:1]Elsewhere on Usenet I posted a message which I wanted to conclude with something along the lines of "...and I ... common, relatively speaking, while the second looks a touch flamboyant (and therefore more attractive). Any experience with either or both?[/nq]
Add "supersedure" to your choices. Too lofty?
Skitt (in Hayward, California)
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Add "supersedure" to your choices. Too lofty?
Skitt (in Hayward, California)
www.geocities.com/opus731/
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[nq:1]Elsewhere on Usenet I posted a message which I wanted to conclude with something along the lines of "...and I ... common, relatively speaking, while the second looks a touch flamboyant (and therefore more attractive). Any experience with either or both?[/nq]
"Supersession" is a common, ordinary English word, as well as the name of an LP from the Filmore with Michael Bloomfield, Al Kooper
"Supersession" is a common, ordinary English word, as well as the name of an LP from the Filmore with Michael Bloomfield, Al Kooper
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