Re: Help Constructing Fictional Cross-Religious Movement

On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 17:08:24 -0400,
<darkhawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
<news:1h1ceks.afgga61d3q1ugN%darkhawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> in
rec.arts.sf.composition:

> Brian M. Scott <b.scott@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> On 15 Aug 2005 10:48:13 -0700, tomhcmi
>> <tomhchappell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>> <news:1124128093.115009.96000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> in rec.arts.sf.composition:

>>> It is just too bad that we will have to explain we don't
>>> mean by "myth" a story that is false.

>> But in fact we usually do.

> For some values of "we". And perhaps some values of "usually".

The intended value is 'all users of English', and 'usually'
has its usual meaning. In other words, individuals will of
course have their own usage patterns, but I'm reasonably
sure that when the word is used, more often than not the
notion that the story is false is either explicit or present
by implication.

[...]

Brian
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