Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site trwspp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwspp!stassen From: stassen@trwspp.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: More Homonyms (arggggggh!!!) Message-ID: <535@trwspp.UUCP> Date: Thu, 2-Aug-84 15:15:41 EDT Article-I.D.: trwspp.535 Posted: Thu Aug 2 15:15:41 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 5-Aug-84 01:06:30 EDT References: <534@trwspp.UUCP> Organization: T R W, Redondo Beach, CA Lines: 39 [Line eater food] (* FLAME ON! *) And, don't forget about a few more common ones: by - preposition used frequently with passive voice. (e.g. - "The book was read by Fred.") *Not to be confused with buy - verb: to purchase. (e.g. - "You can buy your own copy of the book.") *And here - location nearby. (e.g. - "Put my book down over here.") *Not to be confused with hear - verb: to listen (or sense sound). (e.g. - "Speak more loudly. I can't hear you.") (* FLAME OFF! *) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The opinions expressed in this flame are my own, and do not necessarily represent those of my employers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From the "dictionary-less" hands of: Chris Stassen trwrb!trwspp!stassen "Not only did that dinosaur trample me; it also mangled, crushed, and mutilated me!" "Hmmm... must have been a thesaurus."