Comments on: FT 12,919/Bradman: Un-12A-d http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/07/ft-12919bradman-un-12a-ed/ Never knowingly undersolved. Wed, 22 May 2013 19:48:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Uncle Yap http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/07/ft-12919bradman-un-12a-ed/#comment-53586 Uncle Yap Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:55:17 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=3835#comment-53586 Geoff, as a non-native, I use a very simple rule vis-a-vis synonyms. I should be able to construct a sentence interchanging the two words/phrases and still retain the identical meaning. Applying this to the examples above

He likes to chew/nibble the end of his pencil
In answer to the question, “What say you?”
I agree & I go along both convey identical meaning

Chambers defines heliostat as “an instrument on the principle of the coelostat by means of which a beam of sunlight is reflected in an invariable direction, for study of the sun or for signalling”. I read it as “of the sun” which should encompass both heat and light.

I hope this discussion has generates more of the latter :-)

]]> By: Geoff Moss http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/07/ft-12919bradman-un-12a-ed/#comment-53208 Geoff Moss Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:53:05 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=3835#comment-53208 Smiffy

May I have my usual quibble please?

5a ‘nibble’ and ‘chew’ are not synonyms judging by the definitions in Chambers

10a surely ‘agree’ is ‘go along with’ rather than just ‘go along’

21a a ‘heliostat’ is a device appertaining to light rather than ‘heat’ therefore this is not an &lit so where is the definition?

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