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Old 09-22-2018, 10:35 AM
 
Location: Dessert
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Gifted, as in, "He gifted me his car."
GAVE, people!
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Old 09-22-2018, 11:20 AM
 
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"God is calling me" as in God is calling me to be President.


Funny, all I get is a busy signal when I call God and He never returns my calls.
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Old 09-23-2018, 11:45 AM
 
Location: Cochise County, AZ
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"with no" and "find no"


Without is the proper term but "with no" is becoming prevalent.


I was taught that it is impossible to "find no". You either find something or you don't.
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Old 09-23-2018, 08:09 PM
 
Location: Removing a snake out of the neighbor's washing machine
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"with no" and "find no"


Without is the proper term but "with no" is becoming prevalent.


I was taught that it is impossible to "find no". You either find something or you don't.
I need some context to understand this.

"With no": As in, 'with no clothes on' as opposed to 'without clothes on'?

"Find no": As in, 'I find no reason to postpone the meeting'?
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Old 09-24-2018, 08:10 AM
 
Location: Cochise County, AZ
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"With no": As in, 'with no clothes on' as opposed to 'without clothes on'?
Yes, without clothes on. Without a doubt, naked would be best

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"Find no": As in, 'I find no reason to postpone the meeting'?

I was taught to restructure such a sentence. "No reason exists to postpone the meeting." "The meterman found no leaks." If there weren't any leaks, how did he find them? "No leaks were found by the meterman" or "There was not any leak found."
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Old 09-25-2018, 06:25 AM
 
Location: Houston, USA
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"Have a dialogue"
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Old 09-25-2018, 06:55 AM
 
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'Dialoguing with my facilitator.'
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Old 09-25-2018, 03:23 PM
 
Location: Dessert
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Back in the day...

In my lifetime...

each seems to be the start of a long, boring story.
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Old 09-25-2018, 07:13 PM
 
Location: Upstate NY 🇺🇸
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No worries instead of You're welcome.
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Old 09-25-2018, 07:46 PM
 
Location: Madison, Alabama
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Young Professional (an attempt at elevating the perception of a new graduate with a sophisticated-sounding name).
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