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Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:23 am usage of "endow"

Could you, please, correct this sentence:

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I hereby, by the power I have been endowed, demote you to janitor.

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Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:32 am usage of "endow"

Hi Alex,

There's something missing here. You would need to say:

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I hereby, by the power with which I have been endowed, demote you to janitor

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Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:35 am usage of "endow"

Hi, Alan Thank you ! _________________ Alex A native speaker of Russian

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