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  Re: Another annoyance of colloquial English  
From: How Camp
Date: 8 Feb 2012 11:35:01
Message: <web.4f32a326b7e841c7ad55ca430@news.povray.org>
Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>
> Yesterday, the head of HR came into my office and said (and I quote)
>
>    "Can I ask you a question?"
>
> To which I obviously replied "you just did".


Data: May I ask a question?

LaForge: I think you just did.

Data: Quite correct. Then may I ask another question after this one?


-- "Star Trek: The Next Generation" The Schizoid Man (1989)


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