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Discussion Topic  RE: Another Delightful Business Letter (in The Written Word) by goofy
The "it" is a misplaced modifier. The Austen quote also has a misplaced modifier, where the intended......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Another Delightful Business Letter (in The Written Word) by goofy
I'm confused by Wee Willie's last post. First he says "it's not grammatically incorrect, but it is g......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Another Delightful Business Letter (in The Written Word) by goofy
Sounds like special pleading. The Austen quote is the same sort of construction as the one you're t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Another Delightful Business Letter (in The Written Word) by goofy
...wanting to be alone with his family, the presence of a stranger superior to Mr. Yates must have b......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Another Delightful Business Letter (in The Written Word) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: Hack (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
The OED has 5 different nouns ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Early words for "Blue" (in Potpourri) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: Hack (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: Off of (in Potpourri) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: Hack (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
I think it's an extension of the computer term. Like you hack a computer to make it do something you......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Early words for "Blue" (in Potpourri) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: Early words for "Blue" (in Potpourri) by goofy
As I understand it, there is experimental evidence for a weak version of the Sapir-Word hypothesis: ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: In The News (in Potpourri) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: Early words for "Blue" (in Potpourri) by goofy
As I see it there's nothing to refute. If we've looked for the evidence that language shapes thought......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Early words for "Blue" (in Potpourri) by goofy
The most important part of that Language Log post is the end, where Liberman says that ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Early words for "Blue" (in Potpourri) by goofy
If not everything is translatable, why would that be? It must be because your language shapes your t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Early words for "Blue" (in Potpourri) by goofy
I have no word for "light green" therefore I can't see it. Sanskrit अनील (anīla) slightly dark or ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Coming out (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
The OED says slightly different: 13. To show oneself publicly (in some character or fashion); to d......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Flowery language - again (in The Written Word) by goofy
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