Headline at the BBC: Alesha Dixon on growing up with an absent father
Unfortunately, "growing up without an absent father" makes even less sense. Hmm.
It Really Is 'The Land Of Fruits And Nuts'...
50 minutes ago
Tuesday 8 December 2009
I'm not sure if "with" is the word I'd have used ...
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"On growing up with your father absent"?
Perhaps she grew up with a father that was absent from his own kids.
Haha
I think I'll tell my daughter to tell people she grew up without an absent father.
She'll get sympathy from the dummies and she'll amuse the smarts.
NC, nice try, but I think teh Pedant's Prize goes to Gregg.
Anon, I said that to my kids from my second marriage, it went down like a lead balloon with Her Indoors.
In spite of? Hankering for?
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