Maven@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoWhats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?message-squaremessage-square562fedilinkarrow-up1183arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1179arrow-down1message-squareWhats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?Maven@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square562fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebitjunkie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoBecause prepositional phrases can have distinct definitions from those of the individual words that comprise them.
minus-squarePogbom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoDo 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?