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| bio | website | hannelekormano.com |
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| location | Thunder Bay, Canada | |
| age | 27 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 10 months |
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I work at a small development company in my home town.
I also have a little blog of technical annoyances, where I post specific problems and solutions.
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reviewed | Reviewed How does one correctly use “q.v.”? |
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what does “lost a shilling and found a penny” mean? By the way, it would be better on the Stack Exchange to leave a comment on my answer, rather than appending it to yours - it was only happenstance that brought me back to this page to see yours. |
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what does “lost a shilling and found a penny” mean? Ah, my apologies for the misinformation - I'm Canadian, and we only use penny to refer to the coin - cent is used to refer to the unit of currency. I'd wrongfully assumed it was archaic, and have updated my answer. It is useful to have a clear notion of the difference! |
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what does “lost a shilling and found a penny” mean? corrected note on pennies/pence |
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awarded | Quorum |
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Why are not “infamous” and “inflammable” the opposite of “famous” and “flammable”? Yes! And I am saying that famous has two opposites - both infamous and unknown - and each has a different meaning. Consider how politics - often divided only into left and right-wing - can also be described by authoritarian vs liberal, where there are both authoritarian left-wingers and liberal right-wingers. There is more than one opposite, and they mean different things. |
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Jun 14 |
awarded | Excavator |
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Jun 14 |
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Why are not “infamous” and “inflammable” the opposite of “famous” and “flammable”? consistent italics, at least |
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Jun 14 |
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Is 'didn't liked' ever correct? It looks like a typo in the novel - it likely should have read "didn't like". |
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Jun 14 |
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Why are not “infamous” and “inflammable” the opposite of “famous” and “flammable”? But an opposite of famous is unknown. It's not a midpoint on a scale between famous and infamous, because you can be both very good and very bad at something, and also not be very well known for it. The fact that infamous has a meaning other than unknown highlights that there are two different opposites - similarly, disreputed meaning something other than not having reputation. |
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Jun 14 |
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How to pronounce “I'm gonna” It depends on how formal the situation is - among friends, I'm gonna is just fine. In a more professional, workplace environment, I'm going to would be recommended. |
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Jun 14 |
suggested | suggested edit on Why are not “infamous” and “inflammable” the opposite of “famous” and “flammable”? |
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Why are not “infamous” and “inflammable” the opposite of “famous” and “flammable”? My point is that your example disreputed highlights that there are at least two distinct opposites for the word (good vs bad, and known vs unknown). There isn't really a direct opposite for hot that doesn't just mean cold, and this isn't really a place where you need to demonstrate the general meaning of opposite. |
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Jun 14 |
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what does “lost a shilling and found a penny” mean? Thanks - have updated my answer. |
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Jun 14 |
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what does “lost a shilling and found a penny” mean? valuable vs desirable |
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Jun 14 |
answered | How to pronounce “I'm gonna” |
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Jun 14 |
answered | what does “lost a shilling and found a penny” mean? |
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Jun 14 |
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Why are not “infamous” and “inflammable” the opposite of “famous” and “flammable”? Your reputed example works, but I'm also not sure about hot vs cold. The question is about how the modifier -in has two different senses - you don't really say un-hot or in-hot or dis-hot at all, regardless of whether or not it means something other than cold. |
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Why are not “infamous” and “inflammable” the opposite of “famous” and “flammable”? consistent italics, better flow |
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Jun 14 |
suggested | suggested edit on Why are not “infamous” and “inflammable” the opposite of “famous” and “flammable”? |
