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Sun 24 Aug, 2014 07:14 pm
"this is an obvious question, but did you ask him what he meant?"
"this is an obvious question.." what Is this called?
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@dalehileman,
(and Infrablu)
Hey, I found it yesterday, "word patronage". I was looking through Bryan Garner's Usage dictionary, and I closed the page... gah! Thank you for your comment.
@Saff619,
you can go to July 23, 2014 to see the entry..
http://www.lawprose.org/blog/?paged=4
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