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Hi MP, I suspect the good Doc’s in bed. Your def is correct. Ch 13th ed has: ‘A place where…
Nice puzzle, but I don’t understand 3D assuming the definition is “Place for work-out”. Can you please enlighten?
Every now and then a (relatively) glaring omission from the indicator lists crops up. The early lists were the result…
Yes I can see that. Curious as to why “firstly” was omitted from the list. Is it just because “barred…
In all honesty, I find it easier to make a case against, rather than for, pretty much every adverbial FLS…
Hi Doc and Kabir, Thanks for raising this – I’m intrigued by the argument for “basically” as I have seen…
Hi Lanser It’s in the latest version of Chambers (2014/2016) under “OP’s” (straight after ‘oppugn’), and is shown as ‘informal’…
Where is “other people”=OP (32dn) to be found please?
Thanks, both Based on your views, I think we’ll leave things as they are. At the moment the comment settings…
I agree with MP..