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15 | 60.00% |
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3 | 12.00% |
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7 | 28.00% |
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02-24-2012, 12:51 PM
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Encroaching on your decrees
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Thank you all for being my guinea pigs. I was corrected on this matter by a non-English speaker who told me firmly that their dictionary said it was "money on an account at the bank". Yass, I am vindicated!
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02-24-2012, 04:26 PM
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still says videotape
Join Date: Feb 2001
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I've heard the "on account" construction for debt.
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02-25-2012, 10:22 PM
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I hear them call the tide
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Location: Perpetual Chaos
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So.... just got in from the hockey and was reminded that the announcer says "That's X's third goal on the season" instead of "third goal of the season. Is that the usual construction here, or is he just weird?
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02-27-2012, 10:54 AM
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Makes some feel uncomfortable
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02-27-2012, 04:58 PM
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Doctor Wtf
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Badelaide, Baustralia
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