Is that Idiom Right?

By Henry Neufeld

We all use idioms, mostly unconsciously. There are a number that bother me that are in common usage, such as “I could care less” which developed from the more logical “I couldn’t care less.” But idioms often aren’t about logic. They’re about what people actually say, and what other people understand by what they [...]

November 8th, 2012 | Tags: , | Category: General | Comments are closed

Word Order and Thinking Order

By Henry Neufeld

There’s a new study out dealing with word order that’s fairly interesting. I’m just going to link to a post on this, other than to note that there are a number of serious questions in interpretation. The post is at Not Exactly Rocket Science, which I will add to my blogroll.

Here’s the conclusion:

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July 5th, 2008 | Tags: | Category: Links | - (Comments are closed)