Timeline for What does 'to make for spurious respect' mean?
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May 15, 2020 at 1:35 | vote | accept | Cheng | ||
May 8, 2020 at 4:33 | answer | added | Elliot | timeline score: 1 | |
May 8, 2020 at 4:20 | comment | added | Xanne | “can make for” here means “can lead to” or “can result in”. | |
May 8, 2020 at 4:16 | review | Close votes | |||
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May 8, 2020 at 4:02 | history | edited | Cheng | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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May 8, 2020 at 3:56 | comment | added | Jason Bassford | Spurious has several different senses. There's nothing about its use here that makes it obvious that one sense is meant more than another. (Smoking cigarettes in bed can make for a stressful period of rest if they catch fire.) | |
May 8, 2020 at 3:35 | history | asked | Cheng | CC BY-SA 4.0 |