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Is this correct??

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AeroglisseurPleinDesAuguilles · 25/03/2008 13:42

I keep hearing BBC newsreaders using the phrase "Almost exactly" as in "It's almost exactly a year since..."
I thought something could be 'almost' or 'exactly' but not both. Would 'approximately' be better?

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StealthPolarBear · 25/03/2008 13:44

it would be better
sloppy
"nearly perfect"

winebeforepearls · 25/03/2008 13:44

muppets. They should just say 'almost'. Unless it is 'exactly'. When they should say 'exactly'.

humph

edam · 25/03/2008 13:44

'almost' would be better. 'Exactly is a. incorrect b. unnecessary.

AeroglisseurPleinDesAuguilles · 25/03/2008 13:46

oooh yeah, that's bad too!!

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AeroglisseurPleinDesAuguilles · 25/03/2008 13:47

x posted! That was to the Stealthy one!

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