Spoilers for Easter Monday 5th April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 66)
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Spoilers for Easter Monday 5th April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 66)
3rd numbers alt:
(50 + 3) x (6 + 5)
(50 + 3) x (6 + 5)
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Solid stuff from C2. Could octo if she keeps the form up.
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Re: Spoilers for Easter Monday 5 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 66)
Very surprised today to discover that UNFRIENDS is a word in the dictionary. I wonder whether the contestants had
- actually looked it up and discovered it to be in the dictionary before going on the show
- thought it would probably be in
- didn't think it likely to be in, but thought it was worth chancing
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Re: Spoilers for Easter Monday 5 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 66)
I'd have been amazed if UNFRIEND wasn't in. Turns out it was one of Oxford's words of the year as far back as 2009.
Can I have BEWARED?
Can I have BEWARED?
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Re: Spoilers for Easter Monday 5 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 66)
Why not? It's a verb.
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Re: Spoilers for Easter Monday 5 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 66)
The Lexico entry says it's only in imperative or infinitive (i.e. an instruction, or "to beware" of something). So no present/past tense etc. and so no verb forms
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Re: Spoilers for Easter Monday 5 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 66)
You can certainly have past infinitives. To have eaten. Past imperatives may be a bit more dodgy. Even so. I didn't see the signs. Keep your dog on a lead. I should have kept my dog on a lead. Beware of the dog. I should have . . . what?
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Re: Spoilers for Easter Monday 5 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 66)
As I look:Thomas Cappleman wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 10:00 am The Lexico entry says it's only in imperative or infinitive (i.e. an instruction, or "to beware" of something). So no present/past tense etc. and so no verb forms
"[no object, in imperative or infinitive]"
No "only" there....
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Re: Spoilers for Easter Monday 5 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 66)
I think the only is implied, otherwise why bother specifying those 2 forms? Any normal verb has them, it's only notable if those are the only forms. Collins does at least specify the only in its entry at least.Stewart Gordon wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 2:13 pmAs I look:Thomas Cappleman wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 10:00 am The Lexico entry says it's only in imperative or infinitive (i.e. an instruction, or "to beware" of something). So no present/past tense etc. and so no verb forms
"[no object, in imperative or infinitive]"
No "only" there....
Potentially good point by David about past infinitive, though all the example sentences use the infinitive in an imperative sense (e.g. Police are warning people to beware). English infinitives being split over multiple words makes things complicated.
I can see it potentially being allowed on a given day, depending on interpretation, but most likely not.
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Re: Spoilers for Easter Monday 5 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 66)
Generally speaking, you know to go to Lexico don't you? I know the free version isn't identical to the one they use, but it gives you most of the information.David Williams wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 11:21 pm I'd have been amazed if UNFRIEND wasn't in. Turns out it was one of Oxford's words of the year as far back as 2009.
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Re: Spoilers for Easter Monday 5 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 66)
Of course, and I know it's not quite the same. We had bolshies specifically declared invalid by Susie the other week, yet there it is.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 4:27 pmGenerally speaking, you know to go to Lexico don't you? I know the free version isn't identical to the one they use, but it gives you most of the information.David Williams wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 11:21 pm I'd have been amazed if UNFRIEND wasn't in. Turns out it was one of Oxford's words of the year as far back as 2009.
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Re: Spoilers for Easter Monday 5 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 66)
R9 Alt.: (75*8)-(50+6-5)/3 = 583
R14 Alt.: ((50+5+3)*7)+25-10 = 421
R14 Alt.: ((50+5+3)*7)+25-10 = 421
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Re: Spoilers for Easter Monday 5 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 66)
And even: ((75*8)-50)+((6+5)*3) = 583!