Re: A prioi vs. A posteriori ?
| From: | Peter Bleackley <peter.bleackley@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, February 11, 2003, 12:04 |
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Staving Nik Taylor:
>Tristan wrote:
>> >> And 'I did it because I can' is not ungrammatical.
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>> > But it doesn't mean exactly the same. Or does it?
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>> No, it doesn't.
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>What does it mean, then? To me it sounds like an ungrammatical way of
>saying "I did it because I could"
>
"I did it because I could" - an opportunity arose, and I took it.
"I did it because I can" - I can do it, so I did do it, and I'm quite
prepared to do it again.
The infinite subtlety of English strikes again!
Pete Bleackley
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