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Should it be "...one who who has one's prosperity?

 
 
Reply Mon 4 Apr, 2022 12:31 pm
"Spendthrift" derives from an obsolete sense of the word "thrift" to mean prosperity rather than frugality, so a "spendthrift" is one who has spent their prosperity.

Should it be "...one who who has spent one's prosperity" instead?

Thanks.
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Reply Mon 4 Apr, 2022 01:14 pm
@tanguatlay,
Yes, that works, too.
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