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Mr. Tom Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

The use of "regressively stringent"

  

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Some context, please? Where did you find this phrase?

  • Some context, please?
  • Where did you find this phrase?
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Some context, please? Where did you find this phrase?
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CliveSome context, please? Where did you find this phrase?
Clive, there is something wrong with the workings of the forum these days; I definitely wrote a full post which is nowhere to be seen. Also, my other two posts have vanished into thin air.

Perhaps:

The policies he introduced could be termed as '
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how do you native ears respond to these phrases? Do you cringe?
No, they sound OK. Obviously, the listener needs some further context or explanation. eg Regressive in what way? Stringent in what way?
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Mr. TomClive, there is something wrong with the workings of the forum these days; I definitely wrote a full post which is nowhere to be seen. Also, my other two posts have vanished into thin air.
Could it be that you used some editor formatting which ended up confusing the system and removed the sentences? If so, best to avoid any formatting until we update th

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