George: On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 6:07 PM, George Athas <[email protected]>wrote:
> Karl wrote: > > "If there is one occurrence of a word that doesn’t fit, that causes a > re-evaluation of all the other occurrences of that word. This is not an > average, but there must be unanimity." > > And here, more or less, is the problem: unanimity. > > By the way, how would you classify "more" and "less" in the phrase "more > or less"? > > > GEORGE ATHAS > Dean of Research, > Moore Theological College (moore.edu.au) > Sydney, Australia > > “More or less” is an idiomatic phrase, and that would be considered in the initial evaluation, let alone the re-evaluation. Even as an idiomatic phrase, its meaning is “approximately”, possibly a bit more, possibly a bit less. Karl W. Randolph. _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
