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Subject:Re: Fun Pairs -- mute point vs. moot point From:Stephen Forrest <techwriter -at- IBM -dot- NET> Date:Tue, 23 Sep 1997 20:37:10 GMT
At 11:40 AM 9/23/97 -0700, Diane Sherman wrote:
>i know an excellent writer with a master's in english from oxford who
>insists that mute point is a valid alternative to moot point. she says:
>
>moot point = the point is debatable
>mute point = the point is no longer open to question
Hmmm. I know that when a contract fails to address a point in question, it
is said to be "silent" on the matter.
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