Re: USAGE: 2nd pers. pron. for God
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> | 
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| Date: | Thursday, September 12, 2002, 4:26 | 
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bnathyuw wrote:
> i imagine the most british
> rephrasing would be 'the judge ordered the prisoners
> to be placed in detention'
That, to me, sounds like the prisoners were the ones who received the
orders, as if the judge said to them "Be placed in detention!"  :-)
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