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“More desirable” and “less undesirable”

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:15. November 2009
  • Post category:Language
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“In sharp contrast, men more than women tended to rate egoistic dominant acts as more socially desirable, including “Managing to get one's own way,” “Flattering to get one's own way,”…

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Semantic Analysis and meaning

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:28. October 2009
  • Post category:Language
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Again I'm quoting Paul Ziff's Semantic Analysis: 41. [...] Consequently, if my contention about meaning is correct, then the first 'do' in 'Please do not do it!', unlike the second…

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