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Old 16-March-2008, 11:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Torsten View Post
My sense of the usage here is that "relatives" refers to the people, and "relations" to the interactions between them, although, as already stated in this thread, just about anyone would understand if you referred to your relatives as your relations.

The above quote describes as how I learned it in school. Until reading this thread I never heard of the other ussage and would for sure have misunderstood it. Obviously there are some things even teachers do not know about.

As Metallica said it: 2Everyday for a something new". (This is hopefully NOT a mondegreen)
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