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From: "Reef Fish" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Gio, I was musing over the predicament foreigners like ourselves
> might get into by our use of the words "hard" and "hardly" in the
> abominable language called 'English'. 'A lady kicked my arse hard'
> is hardly the same as 'A lady hardly kick my arse." :-)
Next time I'll reply in chinese. :-)))
Giovanni