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Thread #160731 Message #3813670
Posted By: DMcG
09-Oct-16 - 06:03 PM
Thread Name: BS: Exceptions to the rule
Subject: RE: BS: Exceptions to the rule
You are right Rap. It is 'proves' in the sense of 'puts to the test'. The proverb in modern terminology is better rendered as 'it is the exceptional that proves the rule reliable or not"