28 Jan
2011
28 Jan
'11
3:06 p.m.
On 28 Jan 2011 at 20:48, Tony Duell wrote:
> I think it was Martin Gardner who pointed out that
many terms lie
at
opposite ends ofa contimuum, but that does not make
them worthless.
And the same words can mean something and its opposite. The verb "to
dust" for example. If I dust the furniture, I (hopefully) am
removing something from the surface of the coffee table. On the
other hand, if I dust my toast with powdered cinnamon, I'm putting
something on the surface of my Wonder Bread.
Yet, we don't seem to get the two meanings confused...
--Chuck