Re: Offensive stress (was: those irregular prepositions)
| From: | Keith Gaughan <kmgaughan@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 22, 2006, 20:27 |
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Michael Adams wrote:
> Pro = For
Nope, Pro = towards
> Con = against, opposite of Pro.
Ditto, con = with, and "gress" come from "gressus", the past participle
of "grad" (to advance, to go, to walk).
> Progress = good and forwarded going
"advance towards", "go towards"
> Congress = ?
"advance with", "walk with"
The meanings haven't changed terribly down the years.
K.
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