Re: Weekly Vocab 9

From: "John Cowan" <jcowan@...>
Subject: Re: Weekly Vocab 9


> The term "strictly speaking" has the same denotation as "technically", but
> the opposite connotative polarity: we say "technically" to denigrate what
> is the case by rule, but "strictly speaking" to affirm it:  "Strictly
> speaking, a quahog is not a clam."
A quahog's not a clam???  It sure looks like one.  What is it then,
technically?

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