Indeed so! So, to ask the $64,000 question, does the commonly used term "meteorwrong" come with a negative connotation, and does it have a presence in dictionaries, meaning does it have diction with a positive connotation, or is it still a negative, there be it, a negative negative being a positive?
Can we get "meteorwrong" in a dictionary with a positive connotation?
D. Freeman
(whose main language is English...err a strain of northern MI. hillbilly)
Bob Evans wrote:
OH MY GOD !
Anyone in the mood for an English lesson ??
Doug....... drop the dictionary and pick up a meteorite. Its more exhilarating. Trust me !!
And we pick on poor Steve !! Shame on us.
BE ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 5:19 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Re: eBay warning about seller
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<<<i dont get it - smeone was booted off of ebay for selling a 'fake'meteowrong????? >>>
Wouldn't a "fake meteor-wrong" be a "meteor-right"? You >know....two negatives make a positive, and all that.....
Hola CMcdon0923, "fake" is just used an adjective in English, no harm done by the original poster. A false positive isn't a negative you know, and the converse. It doesn't say the not not a meteorite, that's an adverb I think but English is so cool as a language if you understand it from context clearly there is no need to find fake faults with it:)
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