Re: Good style?

On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:19:10 +0000, Paul Burke <paul@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Irritated Foreigner wrote:
What do you think about frequently occuring word combinations
like "to open an object"?

Never heard the phrase.
You are lucky.


Your language is logical?
If I don't overestimate you, you try to catch me.
And don't underestimate me, please.
I think we both undestand it right.
So I used my phrase about logic in the right sense. If you don't mind.

You can open a door as such,
but you cannot open an object AS SUCH.

Every time you stop using a collection of papers, you close the file.
But that's not what the phrase "to close the file" means.

And if I press my suit, it doesn't mean I look tidy for a change.

Paul Burke
They always mean things like wardrobe or box. Unfortunately.
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