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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1976)
vvedr.cy, tcptsrJbcr 0, 1070 dally ncircn eocisgo, . we a E 100 Es'-ffx Vr. words that try tbt csa thh twice Kns to bother PrJP. Zachary of Ccnden, NJ as it dees etas of cs, !!e sends fci two exrnpis, both from t! njcsthj cf TV zzzczzcen. Ozs is, Tfcs p is st3 a scorelf ss tiff. If ihs gzzt is scor&ss, he s, why add "tis"? His uaktd exmslj concerns ths repcrtisg of aa airport accident ia !ich, the breaker tzU, 103 psa enns were fcipred vi:hcut one cngje fstty." Tree escui, either "one" or "tk&r wccU be safiicKnt, ttai it & pcsSb thst the bresdeaster sought more emphasis than one cf those words tlcce wccdJ protdde, la general, however it is well to say a this once, not twice or more than csceSee what we meaa? , Ce "ccf",-wi?. Strictly ipeshfc, ofer refers to something d&kct from a Eke thing already mentioned; for fastssce, "one boci and the other boci or "five players and the 0er five Sometimes, howerer, we encounter a location that ccdl not be called incorrect but that is not precise. Here is an example: "Former Prime I'inister Tanaha and otizr 13 persons were all bnsinesnen.' Since a first set cf 13 persons was cot mentioned it is cot prxsy pore to speak of "the ether 13 pcrsons,; it would be prefenhle to say "the 13 otlxr persons. A fcf.y cet-fether. An article fci an cprtate liew York newspaper sail, There w21 be no new briie acroes the WeSasd Canal to replace the one that was destroyed ia 1974 after a coZbfon with an American ore carrier. That bro'jt from Jcha D. Schwartz cf Kbsra Fa!!s the comment. "Appssmtly we hare some rather bcHerent bfJps ia the TeHand Canal The word coZaU means to crra against each other and coZldon means a violent, coming together. Doth the thhs that coZ'Je are fci mo tion. So far as we know, the only kind cf whole bridge that moves is the one that the dentist makes for yoa. V7cs2s est tax apart Two sets cf terms are submitted by IHdred Ifaharmah cf Pes Hoses, Iowa, fcrjadment. First, she aaks whether a ccllectioa cf dies left to her by her mother is a tmUzzeot an tekattatce. Those dlzs could be a hsrite, but that word a broad and more often is applied to a cc!&re or custom paeaed on from earlier generations. Let's ca3 the rs an b&sriumct. Second, when she notices the color of a person's dress, she aaks, is she cbssnczt or observes? These two words are 6 even chczr leather than the two ethers. Ve would say that cbsm&X vszstt keener and mors carefJ walchfd cea. To notice the cc!or cf a dress wcj!4 be chmrttt, but to spot a tiny spot on the dreas would be chzsrezt. VfcrJ Cdiities. That word prtzy ineans fcaey, finicky, barnstein on vcrob pradiA. It is a ccSoquifei believed by most authorities to be a combination cf prin and sisy. NcrmaTy n dealr fcg with csa one should cot be prtesy, but once ia a whi!e it's cot a bad iiea. The meaning of coZJe denoting the violent smashing together of moving thms is diacernile ia the Latin ona cf the word. 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