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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb
I wonder if it is in any way related to the directly opposite usage of "tabling" a discussion. USA: to table a topic is to set it aside for a while and not talk about it now. UK: to table a topic is to BRING it to discussion, right now.
PS for "moot point" the only definition I'm familiar with is "no longer worth discussing because the issue has gone away". Such as a surgery being allow/disallowed but the patient has now died, so the contention is a moot point.
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Not precisely an anger point for me, but I'm noticing how numerous phrases are being affected by the "no dangling thingy*" rule. People, when they die, no longer "pass on", they merely "pass". People, when they give in, no longer "cave in", they merely "cave". In 1990 neither of those was prevalent. Now the two-word form is nearly gone.
*correct word escapes me right now
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Don't say what the dangly should be, Hitch!
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Participles, mayhaps?
Hitch