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Nov 6 |
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He considers that X is Y. vs He thinks that X is Y What I'm trying to say is that, although it's correct, it comes across as "He ponders the idea that blue cheese is delicious." |
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Nov 4 |
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'Hark' and 'behold' call attention to what we can hear or see. Is there an equivalent for smell? This doesn't really answer your question, but I think it's interesting nevertheless. The word "Hark" ultimately comes from the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European word *h₂ḱh₂owsyé-, meaning "sharp-eared" (comes from *h₂eḱ- ["sharp"] + *h₂ows- ["ear"]). The only remnant of *h₂ḱh₂owsyé- in "hark" is *h₂eḱ- ("sharp"), so I think adding any body part would shorten back to "hark." For example, the Indo-European word for nose was *nas-, so one could say something along the lines of h₂ḱnasyé- for "sharp-nosed," but that would shorten to "hark" if we followed the same etymological process. |
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Oct 31 |
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Nested parentheticals — restructuring for clarity @FumbleFingers The OP wasn't asking for ways to format it as though there were multiple trademarks, so flipping around the names seems fine to me. But I think I'm done arguing too. |
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Oct 31 |
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Nested parentheticals — restructuring for clarity @FumbleFingers What I provided was one way to disambiguate the original sentence, what order the names are in isn't the issue. |
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Oct 30 |
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Nested parentheticals — restructuring for clarity @FumbleFingers Using the formats I provided, one could rearrange Sun, Oracle, JavaScript, and Netscape: "It's widely known that the name "JavaScript" is trademarked by Netscape. The name was formerly a trademark of Sun (and before that a trademark of Oracle)." Or "It's widely known that the name "JavaScript" was first a trademark of Oracle, then of Sun, and then of Netscape." |
