On 12/2/05, Jordan Hayes <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com> wrote:
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> > My co-workers (all of them Irish), for example, are currently
> > afraid to use either "imply" or "infer" because - for reasons
> > that thoroughly baffle me - they can't work out the difference
> > between the two, and know I will scream if they get it wrong
> > *again*.
>
> mine all seem to have the same problem with "brief" and "debrief" . . .
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