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RE: Language, Really OT (was [OM] Cricket Match)

Subject: RE: Language, Really OT (was [OM] Cricket Match)
From: "Ian A. Nichols" <I.A.Nichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 11:18:32 +0100 (BST)

On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, Chris Barker wrote:

> >>  Ergh! is right.  When's the last time you went to an "exhibition"
> >>  (noun) as
> >>  opposed to an "exhibit" (verb)?  I'm convinced that everyone goes to
> >>  "exhibits" nowadays.

> Drat, I was late in on this one: "exhibit" is a noun ... there are 
> "exhibits" in exhibitions, or even in court.

Surely, It's both: "I'm going to exhibit some of my B&W work in that new
gallery in a few weeks".  In which case, the display of my work would be
an exhibition, of course.

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