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On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:18:16 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > From the OED: |
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> > reoccur: occur again or habitually |
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> I don't regard myself bound by others' ability to find earlier examples |
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> of the same mistake. We have 'occur', 'incur', 'concur' and 'recur'. It |
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> is rarely a good idea to compound prefixes. |
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Nor me, and I still have no idea why I used reoccur instead of recur, |
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brain fade induced by the hour of posting I guess. |
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But an admitted pedantic response deserves a reply from the OED :P |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Law of Mechanical Repair: After your hands become coated with |
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grease, your nose will begin to itch. |
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