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Thread #37618   Message #526546
Posted By: Ringer
13-Aug-01 - 04:41 AM
Thread Name: BS: Reasons why English is so hard to learn
Subject: RE: BS: Reasons why English is so hard to learn
On the "homograph" theme, is there a term describing, eg cleave which can mean both itself & its opposite (cleave together = join; cleave a log = split)? I think probably not, for I vaguely remember that there's only one other such word, but for the life of me I can't remember what it is.

Wonderful thread, kat.