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Old March 14th 16, 10:09 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Underground grammar fail
On 14/03/2016 09:43, Ralph Ayres wrote:

Criticising LU's grammar using fail as a noun seems a bit rich!

Times change and usage with it: the OED's 1993 draft additions included
that usage - "A failure to achieve the standard required to pass an
examination; a classification denoting this." - with quotations from
1944 and 1988.

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