On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 11:34:25 -0700 (PDT), Paul
<paulmathewmac@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
> On 3 Jul, 04:09, ADPUF <flyhun...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > 20:27, mercoledì 2 luglio 2008, Paul:
>
>
> "Let me try again: if a pipe smoker has three pipes, that smoker
> can alternate among them. "
>
> He can not, at least, for the time being. He will have to be satisfied
> with 'choosing one of the three pipes' or 'one among the three'. ( If
> he chooses all three at once and smokes, he's sure to choke!)
>
> But then, language evolves and may be, just may be , if you get lucky,
> they'll alternate between three things two hundred years from now.
> Keep your fingers crossed!
>
Meanwhile, see what your _New Shorter Oxford English
Dictionary_ says about the verb "alternate":
2 v.i. Of two (occas. more than two) things:
succeed each other by turns. E18.
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