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Default O.T. : What Have We Done ... ?

On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 10:52:17 +0000, Janet Tweedy wrote:
In article , Arfa Daily
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Yeah. That and "loose" for "lose" are two that really get me ...

Arfa




Not 'arf' as much as infer and imply!!


How about jealous and envious?

jealous: fear of losing (or is that loosing?) soemthing you have
envy: desire for something you don't have.

example: "oh, I'm dead jealous of your new shoes!"