[lit-ideas] Re: Colorless Green Ideas Don't Sleep Furiously
- From: Paul Stone <pastone@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 16:16:39 -0400
> I see you've changed:
>
> for all intents and purposes
>
> __________________________
>
>
> for _most_ intents and purposes
"for all intents and purposes" is a phrase which is commonly held to
mean [in your parlance, to implicate] "in most normal cases". I was
trying to make my continued [in your words] otiose additions/omissions
make more sense to YOU by changing the 'all' to 'most' and therefore
becoming more literal -- something which you tend to need.
busy composing a poem entitled "Oh Tiosity!"
p
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