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>>OTOH, the Americans would say "I just killed him" (whereas in the UK that would suggest that I meant to do more but couldn't be bothered :-)
>Could this thread be moved to the pedant forum.If there is one.
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>Nick

Now, as you haven't accompanied your statement with an emoticon, am I to assume you're after a slanging match again?

You don't need to read it and I'm ytrying to get across a languand nuance to someone who's not a native Englash speaker and apparently interested. How is that pedantry?