Re: "write him" was Re: More questions

Mark J. Reed wrote:
> I'm with you; that's one of several Britishisms which seem to me
> to have missing words.  Also in that category are the
> previously-discussed time-telling phrases such as "half six" to
> mean "half PAST six".
Yet another is "agree treaty" (or whatever).  As a Leftpondian,
I'm irked that they don't say whether the treaty (or whatever)
was agreed to or agreed on.  If you agree to something, that
means (here in Leftpondia) that the other party presented it to
you on a take-it-or-leave-it basis.  However, if you agree on
something, that means either that the other party negotiated it
with you on an equal footing or both parties were like-minded.

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