In a message dated 10/18/10 5:42:27 PM, [email protected] writes:
> rather I said "the way we express time" and > "methods to express time." This is a common phrase that refers to the fact > that every language has a conventionalized way to convey the time period > related to the rest of the utterance. > This is right on point, Michael. In fact I did not think that by "the way we express time" you meant terms -- like the terms 'one hour', 'a millenium'. I honestly thought you had in mind "convey the feeling of time passing", the way, say, in the old movies, to convey days or years passing, they had a calendar with one page after another blowing away in the wind.
