Re: Hare or hair?

On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:39:11 -0600, Suzanne A Blom
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rec.arts.sf.composition:

[...]

It sounded like it should be 'hare' to me when I first
read it & it still does.

It can't be, not in 'I don't believe he's simply got a wild
hair and gone off without saying anything to anyone'; that
unambiguously requires 'wild hair', owing to the 'got'. It
could, however, be 'I don't believe that he's simply gone
haring off without saying anything to anyone'.

[...]

Brian
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