tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post6885048164754127237..comments2023-11-10T16:19:46.880-05:00Comments on Blogslot: A Lot of People Is ConfusedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-37850448366373700922007-11-22T08:02:00.000-05:002007-11-22T08:02:00.000-05:00Here's a nit in reference to the popular saying ab...Here's a nit in reference to the popular saying about "a little knowledge". Alexander Pope actually wrote "A little learning is a dangerous thing" -- "learning", not "knowledge". <BR/><BR/>Dictionaries seem to use these words in each others' definitions, but I've always felt that "knowledge" indicates a deeper (though perhaps narrow) understanding or experience than is implied by "learning". <BR/><BR/>So to me, Pope's phrase "a little learning" more clearly suggests that it is the shallowness of the information, not the narrowness, that is the problem. That certainly seems to be the case with those who blindly apply plural rules without thinking about whether the object in question is considered a single entity or not.Aranfellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133751350348493962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-26548557221594007242007-11-12T22:47:00.000-05:002007-11-12T22:47:00.000-05:00Mm, I think I disagree about "all politics is loca...Mm, I think I disagree about "all politics is local." I don't think that's the set of beliefs; that's the "politics," to me, that means "the game of politics." That's the way I think of the difference, other than when you're talking about an academic discipline. "[The game of] politics is my business." "[The game of] politics makes me want to throw up."<BR/><BR/>On the contrary, you wouldn't say "my [game of] politics is none of your concern." There, it means to me something more like "political sensibilities."<BR/><BR/>I think Tip's phrase refers to the political game, not the concept of political ideas or sensibilities. I think it's right that it would be "politics is local."Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08184669198971626945noreply@blogger.com