[lit-ideas] One misuse of 'fail' ("He failed to ...")
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:50:44 EDT
And then, talking of fathers failing to be fathers ("lest they give
unconditional love everyday," Father Geary predicts), there's this misuse of
'fail':
"I failed to notice there was a fly in the soup".
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Etc.
Geary:
--- TIPS TO FATHERS (unfailing):
----- Give your unconditional love to your son on Monday.
----- Give your unconditional love to your son on Tuesday.
----- Give your unconditional love to your son on Wednesday.
--------- proceed.
"Universalise" alla Kant:
"Give your son your unconditional love everyday".
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Speranza
In a message dated 10/12/2010 10:11:50 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
jwager@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
One reason fathers may more like "failures" at home than they do at work
may have to do with their openness to being taught. I don't like the
feeling at work of not knowing what I'm doing; I like to think of myself
as "in charge,"
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