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I haven't ever really thought about this but IS there a difference?
"Complete" or "Finished"?
No dictionary has ever been able to satisfactorily define the difference between "complete" and "finished." However, during a recent linguistic conference, held in London, England, and attended by some of the best linguists in the world, Samsundar Balgobin, a Guyanese linguist, was the presenter when he was asked to make that very distinction.
The question put to him by a colleague in the erudite audience was this: “Some say there is no difference between ‘complete’ and‘finished.’ Please explain the difference in a way that is easy to understand.”
Mr. Balgobin’s response: “When you marry the right woman, you are ‘complete.’ If you marry the wrong woman, you are ‘finished.’ And, if the right one catches you with the wrong one, you are ‘completely finished.’”
His answer received a five minute standing ovation
The Food Stamp Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is actually proud of the fact it is distributing the greatest amount of free meals and food stamps ever.
Recent events in both Germany and the UK prompted me into thinking about our common heritage. The majority of British (certainly English) can derive their ancestry from the Saxons, a group of...
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Very interesting thoughts and observations H. I concur. I think the middle class (although I don't like that term) but the majority of normal regular people are IMO starting to seethe. I think it has...
Can any of you access Youm 7 news website in English?
Past couple days, every time I when try to visit the English version, I get forwarded back to the home page in Arabic. :?: :?:
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So it's not because of my computer then. That's a relief. Thanks for checking up.
Not far wrong there
