Reply to post: Re: pore

Forensic accountants appointed to pore over Post Office IT scandal

CrazyOldCatMan Silver badge

Re: pore

...pore as in “to read or study attentively"

As opposed to "small openings in a surface"..

English - confusing natives and foreigners alike since about 1550. Although I suspect that Old and Middle English had their own confusions too. But at least they hadn't borged *quite* as much foreign words, phrases and grammar as modern English.

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