http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/posts/2008/02/page/1/ en Vox Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:18:31 -0800 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/test-question.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Michael Hall) http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/test-question.html?_c=feed-rss http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/test-question.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:18:31 -0800 On the test we had to identify: The adviser keeps tabs on her students (or something like that). I said this was an idiom because you can't modify it as in: keeps many tabs on; nor can you change it as: keeps files on. To me this would make it los... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/test-question.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d151ca000400f48cdfcc370002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/metaphoric-phrases.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Michael Hall) http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/metaphoric-phrases.html?_c=feed-rss http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/metaphoric-phrases.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:08:53 -0800 I was talking with a classmate about the exam and we were discussing Idioms and Metaphors. We've learned that one of the aspects of metaphors is that they translate well into other languages. I am now studying Spanish and have learned some metapho... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/metaphoric-phrases.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d151ca000400f48cfe89640001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/michael-hall---fri-feb-22-131658-2008.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Michael Hall) http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/michael-hall---fri-feb-22-131658-2008.html?_c=feed-rss http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/michael-hall---fri-feb-22-131658-2008.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:16:41 -0800 I don't know if this is exactly relevant to what we are studying but I find it odd. I have friends that say "I am going to the Walmart" or "I am going to the Kroger". To me this is just completely wrong. I would never add "the" in a sentence like ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/michael-hall---fri-feb-22-131658-2008.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d151ca000400e398df438b0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/mass-nouns-and-isare-uses.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Michael Hall) http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/mass-nouns-and-isare-uses.html?_c=feed-rss http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/mass-nouns-and-isare-uses.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:24:29 -0800 While discussing this topic in class on Thursday I was trying to think of way to use "are" with the sentence "my family is/are _______." So the only thing I could come up with was: "my family are constituents of _____" or "my family are members of... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/mass-nouns-and-isare-uses.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d151ca000400f48cdda5df0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/berra-isms.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Michael Hall) http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/berra-isms.html?_c=feed-rss http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/berra-isms.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:43:17 -0800 I don't know if everyone knows who Yogi Berra is but he is the master at making mistakes that are great examples of what is discussed in Ch.12. Yogi Berra is a legend in Major League Baseball for his accomplishments on the field, and rightly so. B... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/berra-isms.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d151ca000400e398dca5570002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/lexical-gaps.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Michael Hall) http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/lexical-gaps.html?_c=feed-rss http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/lexical-gaps.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:12:37 -0800 As I was reading Ch. 10 and Cruse was discussing body parts I was thinking about the lexical gaps we have when talking about our toes. For our fingers we have: index, middle, ring, and pinky finger, but for the toes we only have: big toe and pinky... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/lexical-gaps.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d151ca000400e398dcbc0e0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/even-the-experts-can-be-wrong.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Michael Hall) http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/even-the-experts-can-be-wrong.html?_c=feed-rss http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/even-the-experts-can-be-wrong.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:07:02 -0800 Cruse says, in chapter ten, that in English there is no equivalent for the Turkish word ense (the back of the neck), a lexical gap. But he is very mistaken because the word nape denotes exactly that. Just wanted to clear that up because it was bug... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/even-the-experts-can-be-wrong.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d151ca000400e398dcbb8e0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/synonyms.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Michael Hall) http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/synonyms.html?_c=feed-rss http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/synonyms.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:37:50 -0800 On the same topic as my first post how would you all label the words "stream, brook, and creek?" I think there is something about these words in the book. I am interested in knowing if they denote different bodies of water to you or do you use the... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/synonyms.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d151ca000400e398da847e0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/zeugma.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Michael Hall) http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/zeugma.html?_c=feed-rss http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/zeugma.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:32:38 -0800 I was in my American English class yesterday and taking notes on our discussion. I guess I lost focus for a moment and when I looked back up I saw the sentence "The three streams remained separate to the Mississippi River." Of course if one read t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://michaelhall.vox.com/library/post/zeugma.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d151ca000400e398da841f0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>