Timeline for "instance of time" vs. "instant of time"
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| Aug 26, 2020 at 15:29 | comment | added | Anton | The first sentence is incorrect if the author refers to particular times as instances. They are instants. Only if the author is thinking of instances as cases or examples of "this" aspect of control (note that we are not told what "this" is, but I assume it to be an occasion when control is applied) | |
| S Dec 5, 2018 at 17:27 | history | edited | Jon Hanna | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
The initial reason for this edit was to correct "and" to "an." However, it turned into a rewording of the entire sentence. I feel it reads better with both extremes; infinitesimal and singular. Taken from https://www.dictionary.com/browse/instant definition 1.
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| S Dec 5, 2018 at 17:27 | history | suggested | Code Maverick | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
The initial reason for this edit was to correct "and" to "an." However, it turned into a rewording of the entire sentence. I feel it reads better with both extremes; infinitesimal and singular. Taken from https://www.dictionary.com/browse/instant definition 1.
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| Jan 7, 2015 at 14:47 | comment | added | Jon Hanna | @Kris small but not non-existent. In the question the first sentence is unusual, but not incorrect. | |
| Jan 7, 2015 at 14:27 | comment | added | Kris | E.g., "Thus when mathematics and physics postulate a particular instance of time in their grand project to calculate a reality based on time-space relation, they must not contradict themselves by assuming this instance of time to be of determinable ..." GoogleBooks books.google.co.in/… (S. K. Leun, Nature of the Self: A Philosophy on Human Nature ) | |
| Jan 7, 2015 at 14:24 | comment | added | Kris | The two terms are rather unrelated, as you rightly observe: "The overlap between the two is very small" -- they're not interchangeable. | |
| Jan 7, 2015 at 13:45 | vote | accept | Tadeus Prastowo | ||
| Jan 7, 2015 at 13:40 | history | answered | Jon Hanna | CC BY-SA 3.0 |