Maven@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 天前Whats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?message-squaremessage-square568linkfedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1182arrow-down1message-squareWhats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?Maven@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 天前message-square568linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebitjunkie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·18 天前Because prepositional phrases can have distinct definitions from those of the individual words that comprise them.
minus-squarePogbom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·17 天前Do those have different definitions though? If I do something ‘by purpose’, I don’t think it means anything different from doing it ‘on purpose’. What other meaning could we derive from that?
Because prepositional phrases can have distinct definitions from those of the individual words that comprise them.
Do those have different definitions though? If I do something ‘by purpose’, I don’t think it means anything different from doing it ‘on purpose’. What other meaning could we derive from that?