Talk:writ

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The expression "writ large" doesn't seems as outdated as the entry indicates. I just found it in a today BBC article. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19932310 77.188.52.222 06:32, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The entry is talking about "writ" as an independent verb. Set phrases often contain fossilized obsolete words- how many people who say "hoist on his own petard" even know what a petard is/was? Chuck Entz (talk) 08:33, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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