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   Dallas Hinton to Anton Shepelev   
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   28 Jun 20 05:37:13   
   
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   Hi Anton -- on Jun 28 2020 at 13:44, you wrote:   
      
    >> Its ceasing to rain prompted our closing our umbrellas.   
      
   AS> Or should it be folding or furling?   
      
   All three terms are functionally synonymous, although the two you   
   suggest are more formal, imo. And to be more pedantic, one folds a   
   newspaper, but furls an umbrella. :-)   
      
      
   Cheers... Dallas   
      
   --- timEd/NT 1.30+   
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