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date 25 Oct 2007 10:02
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Full marks to Alan Jones but I must deduct a few for his use of the word 'obligated'. This Americanism is almost standard English here, as we continue to show our cultural and lingual cringe by adopting just about anything that emanates from the USA.
Alan, the word is 'obliged'; the noun is obligation.
It's similar to our bastardisation of the verb 'lend'; now we loan.
We lost the verb 'test' 17 years ago we we began to 'trial' things.
On and on we go, casting off our verbal apparel and donning the dreadful language of the Americans.
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