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  >...but it never eventuated
Has anyone seen my Babel Fish? I think it just fell out


I think you're a couple of decades too early for the Babel Fish.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eventuate


  >Other British grammarians, and even some Americans, agreed that it was horrible. Eventuate is less controversial these days, though its use is still regarded by the occasional critic as pompous, ponderous, and unnecessary...
Glad I'm not the only one.




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