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#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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#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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#3 (permalink) Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:35 am usage of "endow"

Hi, Alan Thank you !

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