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FWIW, the word infringe does not require the added word upon, as it's so often used in ordinary speech. The writer of the second amendment had it right � the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. "... shall not be infringed upon" is illiterate. Infringe already includes the sense of upon.

(I've wondered about this for years and have just � finally � looked it up.)

infringe: to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another (e g: infringe a patent)
(The American Heritage Dictionary)

Precision in communication and use of language is underappreciated. It drives me crazy to see language misused in ways we were taught not to in elementary school---especially when it has slipped past an editor who gets paid to see that it doesn't happen.

Yep, they knew not to end a sentence with a preposition.

I could care less. Wait a minute. Does that mean I care some? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

Oh, my...oh, my...oh, my. I see a grammatical error in my own response that I did not see when I wrote it. To make it all worse, I cannot edit it and walk away like nothing happened---too late!

I feel like the the guy who lives in the glass house who threw rocks, then realized he was still inside his own house.

Maybe I should have said nothing, and no one would notice?? Yeah, right. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/help.gif" alt="" />




-RR-

You still talk good, RR!