Timeline for "Unstar as interesting"
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| May 27, 2011 at 13:24 | comment | added | Kosmonaut | @Tim: What I mean is not that it would be understood in the way that someone could figure out a speech error, I mean that both ways have their own logic, people construct sentences in both ways, and they are nearly always unambiguous in their interpretation. But most importantly, in the absence of a prescriptive rule or stance on the part of Standard English, a person's logical reasoning doesn't necessarily tell a person what is actually right. If my suggestion is true — that both would be used without problem — that would be how the language actually works. | |
| May 27, 2011 at 13:23 | comment | added | user4727 | @Kosmonaut: I would also like to know how the language actually works. However, that both alternatives are understood does not mean that it doesn't matter. A lot of silly expressions and spellings would be understood. | |
| May 27, 2011 at 13:16 | comment | added | Kosmonaut | I follow the logic of this answer, but is this really how the language works? Language doesn't follow formal logic rules, such that a strict adherence to logic will often get you into trouble. My intuition is that, in a context where it is clear that you had something starred as interesting which you are unstarring, both sentences would be interpreted in the same way. Nobody would understand you to mean "I am unstarring this because it is interesting". Also, consider phrases like (so-and-so) has been defrocked as a minister. | |
| May 27, 2011 at 12:57 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
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| May 27, 2011 at 8:49 | comment | added | user8568 | +1: (un(star as interesting))= (unstar as uninteresting)= (unstar as boring). | |
| May 27, 2011 at 8:46 | history | answered | Louis Rhys | CC BY-SA 3.0 |