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Since "caveat" is the present subjunctive, it is redundant to add "should
always" -- the single word "caveat" already carries the meaning, "Let him
beware."
Dan Goldstein
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard G. Combs
>
> Isaac Rabinovitch wrote:
>
> > but the caveat should always emptor.
>
> Forgive me, it's Friday -- when I'm not being silly, I'm
> being pedantic...
>
> What you mean is "the emptor should always caveat."
>
> It's amazing how that Latin from high school stuck with me
> all these years.
> :-)
>
> Richard
>
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