Re[4]: [tied] Re: Finnish KASKA

At 11:33:05 PM on Monday, February 25, 2008, Patrick Ryan
wrote:

> From: "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>

>> At 10:21:31 PM on Monday, February 25, 2008, Patrick Ryan
>> wrote:

>> [...]

>>> We do not "posit" in linguistics.

>> We most certainly do.

>> AHD4 s.v. <posit>, definition 2: 'to put forward, as for
>> consideration or study; suggest'.

>> M-W Online s.v. <posit>, definition 3: 'to propose as an
>> explanation'.

> I usually go by #1 definitions.

Then you miss out on a great deal of perfectly normal,
unexceptionable English.

> The #2 definition is just another symptom that our
> teachers are afraid to teach, and are willing to accept
> any sloppy meaning or pronunciation or grammar or
> vocabulary as 'usage'.

On the contrary, it's a perfectly normal use of the word.
You're the one who's out of step here.

Brian