Timeline for "Questions like this" or "questions like these"
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| Aug 1, 2012 at 23:42 | history | edited | FumbleFingers | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 1, 2012 at 23:41 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | There's only one question actually "in the frame of reference" at the time the utterance starts. Admittedly, the speaker is introducing others that are like that one, but it's at the very least somewhat sloppy to simultaneously conflate the current question with others (possibly unknown to the listener), and refer to them all collectively as these. The net effect (probably usually intended), is that the speaker is being dismissive - by implication, the actual question is so trivial it's not worth addressing on its own. It has to be lumped in with others first. | |
| Aug 1, 2012 at 21:18 | vote | accept | tmslnz | ||
| Aug 1, 2012 at 16:14 | history | answered | MetaEd | CC BY-SA 3.0 |