John Hall wrote:
I don't think so. The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines "virtually"
as:
1. in effect, to all intents; 2. nearly, almost.
Might I ask which edition that is, please?

9th edition, 1995.


Many thanks for that John - very helpful.
I have this from Chambers 1988:
"In effect, though not in fact: (loosely) almost, nearly."

Most interesting (sorry if everyone else is bored).



With regard to Richard, [...]

I don't think that most people would find what he said in any way odd.


I take your point. It could be that he has a negative effect for me no matter
what he says (-:

Thanks again for the dictionary information.

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