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Phrases We Owe to Shakespeare Didn't realize there were that many, did you? englishmuse.com

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snowbdr88 moderator Male, 40-49 Midwest US Joined: 20 yrs, 11 mos ago 64,184 Posts	10 yrs ago, 9 mos ago - Friday 9/16/11 - 2:04:26 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message Didn't realize there were that many, did you?
catchall moderator Male, 30-39 Western US Joined: 18 yrs, 5 mos ago 37,268 Posts	10 yrs ago, 9 mos ago - Monday 9/19/11 - 2:29:07 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message Do we really owe all those phrases to Shakespeare, or did he merely use them?
secretbitch Female, 18-29 Europe Joined: 16 yrs ago 472 Posts	10 yrs ago, 9 mos ago - Tuesday 9/20/11 - 5:21:34 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message I can't be sure about each individual phrase, but Shakespeare invented an incredible number of words and phrases, so it's very likely indeed that these were phrases he invented as opposed to using.

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