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Re: CHAT: Homo Sapiens (was: fiery spirits)

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Friday, October 24, 2003, 8:26
On Friday, October 24, 2003, at 10:00  AM, Nik Taylor wrote:

> Ray Brown wrote: >> But also the suggestions 'human' or 'persons' doesn't work too well >> either: >> "... >> goodwill toward humans", ".....goodwill toward persons". Both IMO >> sound >> unnatural. > > I've seen "goodwill toward all", which sounds perfectly natural to me. > > -- > AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42
Can anyone explain to me why all of those sound awkward to me without an |s| at the end of |toward|? i.e., "towards"? -Stephen (Steg) "and i've got no illusions about you and guess what - i never did when i said, when i said i'd take it i meant, i meant as is..." ~ 'as is'

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Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...>-s adverbs, bodoer Homo Sapiens (was: watered down fiery spirits)