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Re: It takes all kinds...

From: Jitendra Patel <coldrainandsnow_at_lycos.com>
Date: 24 Jun 2003 11:03:12 -0700
Message-ID: <7610580f.0306241003.66234709@posting.google.com> 





> if I had said 'I have mated with Neil' then that would be different !  

> However, I said/wrote/typed 'I have a mate' which makes 'mate' a noun

> and not a verb.




From Oxford English Dictionary:



Mate - noun 


a : either member of a couple and especially a married couple 
b : either member of a breeding pair of animals 
c : either of two matched objects


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