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even this part?
feels pretty spot-on to meIn our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible. Things like the continuance of British rule in India, the Russian purges and deportations, the dropping of the atom bombs on Japan, can indeed be defended, but only by arguments which are too brutal for most people to face, and which do not square with the professed aims of political parties. Thus political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness. Defenceless villages are bombarded from the air, the inhabitants driven out into the countryside, the cattle machine-gunned, the huts set on fire with incendiary bullets: this is called pacification. Millions of peasants are robbed of their farms and sent trudging along the roads with no more than they can carry: this is called transfer of population or rectification of frontiers. People are imprisoned for years without trial, or shot in the back of the neck or sent to die of scurvy in Arctic lumber camps: this is called elimination of unreliable elements. Such phraseology is needed if one wants to name things without calling up mental pictures of them.
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No, you could say it's a claim of right if it was in present tense: "the car is subject to towing". It's in future tense, and since nothing is going to happen in the future to change the status of the car, the only explanation is that it's trying to express "we may tow your car in the future".Jeb Bush 2012 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 1:32 amneither of those convey the same thing though - it's not a claim about the future (although ofc part of the purpose is to threaten something about the future), it's a claim of right
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I'm not saying he didn't really care about politics! I'm saying he cared a great deal about politics and that lead him to accept some very weak arguments about how some other stuff he cared about was really about politics
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there's some problems with it but that's not really my point, what I dislike about the essay is the core thesis not every paragraphCrunchums wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 1:40 am even this part?feels pretty spot-on to meIn our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible. Things like the continuance of British rule in India, the Russian purges and deportations, the dropping of the atom bombs on Japan, can indeed be defended, but only by arguments which are too brutal for most people to face, and which do not square with the professed aims of political parties. Thus political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness. Defenceless villages are bombarded from the air, the inhabitants driven out into the countryside, the cattle machine-gunned, the huts set on fire with incendiary bullets: this is called pacification. Millions of peasants are robbed of their farms and sent trudging along the roads with no more than they can carry: this is called transfer of population or rectification of frontiers. People are imprisoned for years without trial, or shot in the back of the neck or sent to die of scurvy in Arctic lumber camps: this is called elimination of unreliable elements. Such phraseology is needed if one wants to name things without calling up mental pictures of them.
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well, not if it's an indication of a future right that needed this warning to be active or whatever. but yes, "cars parked overnight are subject to towing" would be more standard, I'm not disputing that they screwed up the potted phraseAshenai wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 1:44 am No, you could say it's a claim of right if it was in present tense: "the car is subject to towing". It's in future tense, and since nothing is going to happen in the future to change the status of the car, the only explanation is that it's trying to express "we may tow your car in the future".
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NoCrunchums wrote: ↑Mon Nov 15, 2021 6:38 pmis that really how you say that?It has been reported that a car (see attachment) has been parked in the visitor (short-term) parking overnight at [address]. If anyone has information on this car, please let me know. As a reminder, these spots are for short-term parking only. This car will be subject to be towed.
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i think this is neatlimn (verb)
to outline in clear sharp detail
liminal (adjective)
* of, relating to, or situated at a sensory threshold : barely perceptible or capable of eliciting a response
* of, relating to, or being an intermediate state, phase, or condition
subliminal (adjective)
* inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception
* existing or functioning below the threshold of consciousness
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Encountered the adjective form of accelerant in the wild today.
and I was like "YEAH! BURN IT ALL TO THE GROUND"
Basically "I need to speed up to get [annoying task] done"adjective technical
adjective: accelerant
accelerating or causing acceleration.
"accelerant factors for carcinoma"
and I was like "YEAH! BURN IT ALL TO THE GROUND"
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"Deaducation" is something that the narrator mentions in an amusement park ride about a haunted school
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ameliorate
make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.
"the reform did much to ameliorate living standards"
alleviate
make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe.
"he couldn't prevent her pain, only alleviate it"
so i guess the difference alleviate makes bad things less bad (but still negative) whereas ameliorate can make bad things positive
make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.
"the reform did much to ameliorate living standards"
alleviate
make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe.
"he couldn't prevent her pain, only alleviate it"
so i guess the difference alleviate makes bad things less bad (but still negative) whereas ameliorate can make bad things positive
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The connotation of alleviation is an effect on the symptoms themselves
The connotation of amelioration can be compensatory, like, we reimburse you for a loss but we can't fix the loss itself
The connotation of amelioration can be compensatory, like, we reimburse you for a loss but we can't fix the loss itself
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Strong agreement on alleviate.
Soft disagree on ameliorate, the other (I'd say more common) use for ameliorate is to acknowledge the improvement, while putting the focus on the work yet to be done. If the experience goes from bad to good, no one says ameliorate.
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Specifically, amelioration in land use refers to irrigation, drainage, remediation of soil, etc. to convert land to usability
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the ameliaration is the maximum number of amelias any given community is permitted to have, so that the name does not lose its power
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I've always understood it as the corner opposite of something.
Like, the gas station on the SW corner of an intersection is Kitty Corner from the local game store on the NE corner
Your example is not in reference to something, which I think is the important part. So the TV stand is absolutely kitty corner from _something_, but only you can tell us what.
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Suppose I place a couch facing the TV. Is the TV kitty corner from the couch? And if so, is it only kitty corner because the couch/TV system is diagonal relative to the rest of the room? Because intuitively if it weren't diagonal then it would just be regular, we wouldn't need to involve kitties.