[PW] English question

Sylvia Milne sylviamilne at btinternet.com
Tue Jun 5 11:11:02 PDT 2007


The OED's examples all seem to have "with".

1475 CAXTON Jason 5b, The herte adourned with vertue rendrith the man noble. 
1667 MILTON P.L. II. 446 Adorn'd With splendor, arm'd with power. 1727 SWIFT 
Gulliver III. iv. 200 Adorned with integrity and honour. 1794 SULLIVAN View 
of Nat. II. 261 Adorned with eloquence, piety, and persuasion.

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> On 6/5/07, Daphne Drewello <drewello at daktel.com> wrote:
>>   Do you say "adorned in" or
>> "adorned with" or both?




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