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missdaredevil

Joined: 08 Dec 2004
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 5:06 pm Post subject: uninitiated

If I don't know a thing about hydro-electricity. Can I say that I'm uninitiated about it? Thanks

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Bob S.

Joined: 29 Apr 2004
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 8:48 am Post subject: Re: uninitiated

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missdaredevil wrote:

If I don't know a thing about hydro-electricity. Can I say that I'm *uninitiated* about it?
Thanks

Almost.
An initiation is a ceremony that brings you into a group. So it would sound better to say "I'm uninitiated in that field," or "uninitiated in hydro-electrics."

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