Michael Norman wrote:
At 12:10 AM 7/4/2006, Harry wrote:
Why the "but"? Did you mean "and" or did you mean "but there some text
size problems UNresolved..."
Not to play the parsing professor
Since my name have been invoked, I'll point out that
the distinction between `and' and `but' is not always
as clear-cut as one might think. Many late Latin
authors use `et' (Latin "and") where logic would seem
to call for `sed' or `autem'(Latin "but"). As in this
charming ditty (apologies to the lawyers on the list):
Sanctus Ivo erat Brito,
Advocatus et non latro;
Res miranda populo.
[St. Ives, he was a Briton,
A lawyer, but not a robber;
A matter of wonder to the folk.]
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Patricia M. Godfrey
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