[LINK] PMs 4 directions forward - Closing Remarks to the Digital Economy Forum

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

On 8/10/2012 6:11 PM, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
> Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
>> On 8/10/2012 5:41 PM, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
>>>> So I will ask Chris Evans who isn’t with us today, who is the 
>>>> Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education, to meet with a breakout 
>>>> number from this group to really bare down on that question in the 
>>>> relatively short term.
>>
>> Bare Down??????
>>
>> I think they mean Bear Down.
>>
>> This from the website of the Prime Minister of Australia. Not very 
>> impressive.
>>
>
> Does it really matter whether it is written bear or bare?

Only if you think that spelling a word correctly is a good thing.
Otherwise people might think the writer is ignorant and/or uneducated.

bare, adjective
1. without covering or clothing; naked; nude: bare legs.
2. without the usual furnishings, contents, etc.: bare walls.
3. open to view; unconcealed; undisguised: his bare dislike of neckties.
4. unadorned; bald; plain: the bare facts.
5. (of cloth) napless or threadbare.

bear down on, verb phrase
a. to press or weigh down on.
b. to strive toward.
c. to approach something rapidly.

http://dictionary.com

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brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Sydney Australia
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