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Re: The importance of being pedant

At 13:34 7/21/99 -0700, you wrote:

If you want to rail against something, pick a phrase like "in
general". Scientifically it means "always, without exception" while
the vulgar interpretation implicitly stipulates the existence of
exceptions. The meanings are, in that sense, utterly opposite.

Leigh


I suppose that 'often true' and 'always true' are in some sense
opposite.
My hot button is 'endemic', often used as though it meant 'pandemic',
more nearly opposed in meaning.


brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>
Altus OK