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|    Ardith Hinton to Denis Mosko    |
|    Riced Vegetables    |
|    18 Oct 20 16:15:04    |
      MSGID: 1:153/716.0 f8ca3750       REPLY: 2:5064/54.1315 5f893b60       CHRS: IBMPC 2       Hi, Denis! Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:               AH> The substitution of "all" for "also" changes the        AH> meaning.               DM> Is is synonyms?                      No, "all" and "also" are not synonyms.               Occasionally we can omit letters or entire words in English without       changing the meaning. But "also" seems to be a contraction of "all so", i.e.       the translation of a word from Old English. That's as brief as it gets. :-Q                             AH> When my usual resources define "strainer" as "sieve"        AH> and vice versa, I'd say they regard these two words        AH> as synonyms (n.)... or as synonymous (adj.) *with each        AH> other*. Synonyms are words which have +/- the same        AH> meaning.... :-)               DM> What is synonym of 2 of them?                      It's often said there are no exact synonyms in English... and while       the "rule" may have "exceptions", a pair like this is all I can come up with.               Since you are interested in cooking, however... the larger version,       equipped with three or four legs & used to drain bulky food items like cooked       spaghetti or fresh lettuce leaves, is known around here as a "colander". :-)                                   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+        * Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)       SEEN-BY: 1/19 120 123 16/0 18/0 19/10 90/1 116/116 120/340 123/0 25       SEEN-BY: 123/40 50 130 131 150 170 180 755 135/300 138/146 153/250       SEEN-BY: 153/757 7715 154/10 203/0 221/0 1 6 360 226/30 227/114 702       SEEN-BY: 229/101 275 424 426 664 1016 240/1120 2100 5138 5411 5832       SEEN-BY: 240/5853 249/206 317 261/38 280/5003 317/3 320/119 219 319       SEEN-BY: 322/0 757 342/200 423/81 460/58 640/1138 1321 1384 712/848       SEEN-BY: 2454/119 3634/0 12 15 27 50       PATH: 153/7715 3634/12 640/1384 221/1 320/219 240/5832 229/426           |
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