tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post5756776865923066038..comments2024-02-25T20:07:56.114-06:00Comments on Mr. Verb: When do we look up words?Mr. Verbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-64483137979476129742007-09-09T20:02:00.000-05:002007-09-09T20:02:00.000-05:00Jan said:Glad you liked the Word column, anonymous...<B>Jan said:</B><BR/><BR/>Glad you liked the Word column, anonymous, but it isn't really about baseball; the editors were reaching a bit when they called it "Yankees win." But to good effect, I now see!Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173219179480606941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-71522944535355927342007-09-09T18:23:00.000-05:002007-09-09T18:23:00.000-05:00I was thinking the same thing about Safire's piece...I was thinking the same thing about Safire's piece. With the added note that he picks one older meaning of <EM>redact</EM> as the 'original' with the apparent agenda of illustrating semantic narrowing. Even though the word has done some generalizing and some shifting: both denotative and connotative and...well--he painted his usual incomplete picture.<BR/><BR/>I was thinking of a post then I thought surely there's a language issue out there more interesting and surprising than Safire's myopia.Wishydighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06141057866370676641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-40888030269108068592007-09-09T11:55:00.000-05:002007-09-09T11:55:00.000-05:00Hmph. Are these the same Brits who say "agree a co...Hmph. Are these the same Brits who say "agree a contract"? They've got a lot of nerve.The Ridger, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-13386585052422247612007-09-09T10:31:00.000-05:002007-09-09T10:31:00.000-05:00Once again, if you want a really direct and stark ...Once again, if you want a really direct and stark contrast, consider Safire and Jan Freeman's column today, <A HREF="http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2007/09/09/yankees_win/" REL="nofollow">here</A>. It's topical (baseball), gets at two kinds of structural points cleanly and clearly (verb valence and stress clash), relies on serious expert advice (Zwicky, Liberman), etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com