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Topic:	7) Terms limits (1 of 2), Read 46 times
Conf:	Word Fugitives, with Barbara Wallraff
From:	Barbara Wallraff ([email protected])
Date:	Wednesday, November 10, 1999 08:50 AM

Dave McIntyre, of Ottawa, Ont., writes, "Could we get a word for the phrase 'in terms of'? Or better yet, ban its usage altogether."

Topic:	7) Terms limits (2 of 2), Read 46 times
Conf:	Word Fugitives, with Barbara Wallraff
From:	Roger Gay ([email protected])
Date:	Wednesday, November 10, 1999 09:55 AM

I come not to praise the phrase "in terms of" but to bury it.

4 a : a word or expression that has a precise meaning in some uses or is peculiar to a science, art, profession, or subject
b plural : expression of a specified kind

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