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Re: CHAT: Dutch dictionary recommendations?

From:Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
Date:Friday, March 7, 2003, 17:27
 --- John Cowan skrzypszy:

> He's pulling your leg. In English "occasionally" means "on some occasions > but not others".
Ah, I see! I should have seen that immediately. Thank you, John.
> You probably wanted "coincidentally" or "as it happens" or some such.
Indeed. That's what happens when you copy expressions from your native language straightly into English (though I don't even remember what the "original" was...) Jan ===== "Originality is the art of concealing your source." - Franklin P. Jones __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com

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