On 11/19/05, Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Dave Land wrote:
> >
> >> "A specialist on torture" -- he/she should not be what we expect
> >> when we hear this expression. Torquemada was a specialist on torture.
> >
> > I think Torquemada was a specialist *in* torture.
> >
> Ah, interesting. "a specialist in X" != "a specialist on X"?
> A firefighter is a "a specialist on fire", and an arsonist
> "a specialist in fire"?


A specialist on fire needs a fire extinguisher, quickly.

Nick

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