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MEU
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MEUMultibay Expansion Unit (Compaq)
MEUMemory Expansion Unit
MEUMission Essential Unit
MEUMain Electronics Unit
MEUModern English Usage
MEUMunicipal Employees Union
MEUMobile Expansion Unit
MEUMissile Echo Unit
MEUMaximum Expected Utility (philosophy, economics)
MEUMunicipal Electric Utility (various locations)
MEUMarine Expeditionary Unit
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Fowler in the equally august Modern English Usage (Oxford 1926) states that "the agent termination -er can be added to any English verb.
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I also discovered, on turning as one always ought to do in these matters to Fowler's Modern English Usage - presided over nowadays by RW Burchfield - that criticism, or, as he adds, ridicule, of unattached participles only began around a century ago.
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For anyone who wants a second opinion, Fowler's Modern English Usage is well worth buying.
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