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Have your cake and eat it too.

Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, June 25 2012 @ 01:52 PM EDT

> Of COURSE you can have your cake and eat it too!

No, it's an archaic use of the word "have". It reads more along the
lines of "still have" - and you can't still have your cake if you've
eaten it.

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Keep your cake and eat it - Authored by: stegu on Tuesday, June 26 2012 @ 07:44 AM EDT
- Keep your cake and eat it - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, June 26 2012 @ 08:44 AM EDT
  - Keep your cake and eat it - Authored by: stegu on Tuesday, June 26 2012 @ 06:00 PM EDT
    - And is not commutative in Java either - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 27 2012 @ 12:36 AM EDT

Oversensitive much?

Authored by: rocky on Monday, June 25 2012 @ 02:11 PM EDT

If people were saying "have your cake and THEN eat it too", I would be
right there fuming with you, but without the time-related word "then",
they are just mentioning two simultaneous conditions joined with the word
"and". There is no logic or illogic to mentioning either one first or
second.

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Oversensitive much? - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 27 2012 @ 04:58 AM EDT

No no no no no no no, yes.

Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, June 26 2012 @ 09:57 AM EDT

You must have lots of trouble talking to people.

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Have your cake and eat it too.

Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, June 26 2012 @ 11:54 AM EDT

What about "Cheap at half the price" ?

Would be fine if it ran 'Would be cheap at half the price' but that's not how it's used.

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Have your cake and eat it too. - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, June 26 2012 @ 02:33 PM EDT

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