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BBC News - Killer plant 'eats' great tit at Somerset nursery

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Subject: BBC News - Killer plant 'eats' great tit at Somerset nursery
From: brian fleming <>
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:19:17 +1000
On 26/08/2011 3:02 PM, John Leonard wrote:
predate = dating from before
predate = preying upon

Aren't the same word, they are separate words that happen to be spelt
the same. They are clearly distinguished by the stress

pre'date vs
'predate

John Leonard

I would use a hyphen.

I wonder if "Language Log" will pick up this discussion.

Brian Fleming
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