[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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