What is the language "British"?
Anne Wilson
cannewilson at tiscali.co.uk
Tue Aug 29 16:07:41 UTC 2006
On Tuesday 29 August 2006 14:20, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> (Reminds me - I was taught 60 years ago
> never to write "lot", "got" or "nice",
> but that is a hard diet to follow.)
>
According to my English teacher 'nice' means 'precise' and should not be used
in any other context. Actually, her influence is still strong - it's a word
I still avoid even after more than half a century.
Anne
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