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Sentence: Candace has a bad habit of butting in in front of others... #1 (permalink) Fri Aug 07, 2009 21:24 pm   Sentence: Candace has a bad habit of butting in in front of others...
 

Candace has a bad habit of butting in in front of others......butting in.....meaning please
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Sentence: Candace has a bad habit of butting in in front of others... #2 (permalink) Sat Aug 08, 2009 8:11 am   Sentence: Candace has a bad habit of butting in in front of others...
 

Not taking a position at the end of a line or queue, but forcing herself into the midst of the line.
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Sentence: Candace has a bad habit of butting in in front of others... #3 (permalink) Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:02 am   Sentence: Candace has a bad habit of butting in in front of others...
 

Can also refer to a person who interrupts a conversation between others.
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Sentence: Candace has a bad habit of butting in in front of others... #4 (permalink) Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:23 am   Sentence: Candace has a bad habit of butting in in front of others...
 

Mr. Micawber,

What do you think of the way "in" is used twice in that sentence? I myself, would say, "Candace has a bad habit of butting in line in front of others."
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Sentence: Candace has a bad habit of butting in in front of others... #5 (permalink) Sat Aug 08, 2009 21:56 pm   Sentence: Candace has a bad habit of butting in in front of others...
 

All you really need to say is "Candace has a bad habit of butting in line."
Since the idea of in front of others is already there, adding it is actually redundant.

By the way, I've heard that the Brits don't butt in line but rather jump the queue. I can imagine that adding in front of others would be pretty redundant in that expression as well.

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