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usage of "endow"



 
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usage of "endow" #1 (permalink) Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:23 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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usage of "endow" #2 (permalink) Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:32 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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usage of "endow" #3 (permalink) Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:35 am   usage of "endow"		  
Hi, Alan

Thank you !
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