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Re: Re: Re: English/Language/Grammar

by Tiefling (Monk)
on Jun 06, 2001 at 13:55 UTC ( [id://86159]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Re: English/Language/Grammar
in thread English/Language/Grammer

Curious - I got the 'Time flies...' and 'Fruit flies...' elements from Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue. The bit about Atlantis was my idea, as I was struck by the thought that 'Time flies like an arrow' is not actually a canonical use of the verb 'to fly'.

Tiefling (who flies like a brick)

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