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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2004certainly perhaps
"Certainly he retains the intention perhaps...." !! s/ meirman If you are emailing me please say if you are posting the same response. Born west of Pittsburgh Pa. 10 years Indianapolis, 7 years Chicago, 6 years Brooklyn NY 12 years Baltimore 20 years > "Certainly he retains the intention perhaps...." > > !! Source, please.  SignatureBob Lieblich Inquiring mind In alt.english.usage on Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:30:44 -0500 Robert Lieblich <Robert.Lieblich@Verizon.net> posted: >> "Certainly he retains the intention perhaps...." >> >> !! > >Source, please. I should have put it in at the time, because it's only 7 hours later and I'm forgetting, but I think it was a politician or a caller to a political talk show who wanted to measure his words! s/ meirman If you are emailing me please say if you are posting the same response. Born west of Pittsburgh Pa. 10 years Indianapolis, 7 years Chicago, 6 years Brooklyn NY 12 years Baltimore 20 years > In alt.english.usage on Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:30:44 -0500 Robert > Lieblich <Robert.Lieblich@Verizon.net> posted: [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > and I'm forgetting, but I think it was a politician or a caller to a > political talk show who wanted to measure his words! Sounds like his yardstick is broken. You have to give someone more slack when speaking, but in this case I have to agree that anyone who slides from "certainly" to "perhaps" in the space of a single clause can stand to pay more attention to what he's saying. SignatureBob Lieblich Who has probably done similar things himself >> In alt.english.usage on Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:30:44 -0500 Robert >> Lieblich <Robert.Lieblich@Verizon.net> posted: [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >in the space of a single clause can stand to pay more attention to >what he's saying. I'm absolutely certain that perhaps I think that you might possibly be right. Signaturewrmst rgrds Robin Bignall Quiet part of Hertfordshire England > >> In alt.english.usage on Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:30:44 -0500 Robert > >> Lieblich <Robert.Lieblich@Verizon.net> posted: [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > I'm absolutely certain that perhaps I think that you might possibly be > right. Well, maybe. SignatureBob Lieblich Positively > > >You have to give someone more slack when speaking, but in this case > > >I have to agree that anyone who slides from "certainly" to "perhaps" [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Well, maybe. It goes without saying that's ambiguous, to a certain extent, in a manner of speaking. SignatureOdysseus > >> In alt.english.usage on Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:30:44 -0500 Robert > >> Lieblich <Robert.Lieblich@Verizon.net> posted: [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > I'm absolutely certain that perhaps I think that you might possibly be > right. There may be something to what you say. Gary |
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