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Re: KLBC love



From: "DloraH" <[email protected]>

> > > I did say THESE IMPLY; "these" refering to the examples I gave.
> > > Yes, bang can have a wider meaning, but 'these' imply that...
> >
> > ... we have enough to know that it TENDS to be used for romantic
partners.
>
> I suppose I should look up the words "imply" and "tends"; I didn't
register
> any difference.  We're thinking the same thing.

That may be.  The meaning of "imply" I had in mind, as described by my
dictionary, definition #3, is "to indicate or suggest, as something
naturally to be inferred, without express statement."  By "tends" I mean
"more often than not."

SuStel
Stardate 3162.7


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