English can be a funny language

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2nd June 2007, 01:44 PM
AlexS

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Originally Posted by joe greiner

One of the stranger phenomena is a word with two opposite meanings. One that comes readily to mind is "citation." Can mean either a laudatory document or a traffic ticket. Similar with "sanction:" both approval and disapproval.

Joe

How about cleave? It can mean either stick together or split apart.
2nd June 2007, 02:19 PM
joe greiner

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Originally Posted by AlexS

How about cleave? It can mean either stick together or split apart.

That's the other one I was trying to remember.:- Probably lots more.

Joe

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