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  • Subject: Re: Usage
  • From: Charles Arthur <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 18:05:01 +0100

On Thu, 29 Aug 2002 11:23:25 -0400, email@hidden wrote:

>richard_howland-bolton <email@hidden> declared,
>> I forgot the cardinal rule of etymology---Don't do it on the fly!
>
>No, "Don't do it on the fly" is the cardinal rule of entomology.

No, "Don't do it TO the fly" is the cardinal rule of entomology.

Though not of genetics, of course, where "Do it to the Drosophila
melanogaster" is right up there.


best
Charles

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