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gbj_tester in reply to @chez_jay

You're not helping yourself

I'm not ready to concede the division of meanings between draught and draft yet, it's not even 300 years old and I'm waiting to see how it plays out.

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chez_jay in reply to @gbj_tester

You know, I'm getting the distinct feeling that even you were pulling one's leg with

"Their" is the clumsy workaround used by people who don't buy into the Interpretation Act 1850 and its successor legislation, but who are happy to use plural pronouns to describe singular individuals.

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