[lit-ideas] Re: Single-handedly
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- Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2015 12:47:27 +0200
On 06 Jun 2015, at 23:00, Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If he is a sailor he can engage in a single-handed race across the Atlantic.
Compare
'He defeated the enemy single-handedly.'
and
'He defeated the enemy with one hand tied behind his back.'
'Hand' is wonderfully polysemic - nevertheless, I do agree with you that use of
it in describing the actions of a she-wolf is, at best, infelicitous.
Chris Bruce,
wondering about winning
an argument 'hands down', in
Kiel, Germany (not Germnay)
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