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Agreed. *NM* Rebekah Send a noteboard - 01/07/2010 11:08:25 AM
I prefer the phrasing used by Camilla.
The "things" is very useful for providing some context and makes the sentence feel more fully formed to me.
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Agreed. *NM* Rebekah - 01/07/2010 11:08:25 AM 185 Views
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She was using it transitively, not intransitively. Tim - 01/07/2010 11:15:47 PM 451 Views
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Makes me want not to read it. Rebekah - 30/06/2010 06:22:40 PM 459 Views
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Classics. Rebekah - 03/07/2010 12:20:21 AM 469 Views
I do find things being over-hyped to be off putting. snoopcester - 01/07/2010 11:09:04 AM 479 Views
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Kind of depends. Legolas - 01/07/2010 11:36:01 AM 450 Views
Re: Kind of depends. Zeeb - 02/07/2010 04:59:42 PM 497 Views
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