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eppur_se_muova

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2. Works with affect, not effect -- five meanings between the two of them.

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Sun Jun 1, 2025, 02:01 AM

Jun 1

I remember once seeing a headline in the Baltimore Sun in which almost every word could be interpreted as either a noun or a verb (project, finish, etc.); it was written "telegraph style" with no articles, and I had a hard time deciding which of 2^n readings was intended. I wish I had saved a copy.

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Interesting claudette Jun 1 #1

Works with affect, not effect -- five meanings between the two of them. eppur_se_muova Jun 1 #2

A common confusion, in a Kafkaesque sort of way. taxi Jun 1 #3

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