A reminder to writers

[joat]

With apologies for joining the conversation in the middle...   In some
cases, "see" might be considered part of an idiom.  In others, it
definitely isn't (see the definition of "idiom")(see also Merriam's
Dictionary and Webster's Dictionary use of the phrase "see also" (i.e.,
it's an accepted practice)).  Note: idioms tend to be phrases.

If the group decides that "see" is an idiom, I won't argue.  However, it
was the justification that I found a bit offensive.  Following that logic,
we'll need to exclude homonyms also (e.g., sight, site, and cite).  In
short, he might have been headed in the right direction but for the wrong
reason (now that's an idiom).


On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Leslie S Satenstein
<lsatenstein at yahoo.com>wrote:

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>  *From:* Ben Cotton <bcotton at fedoraproject.org>
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> *Sent:* Monday, May 13, 2013 1:10 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: A reminder to writers
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> On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Chris Murphy <lists at colorremedies.com>
> wrote:
> > The examples are idioms, they aren't meant to be taken so literally as
> to connote "vision required".
>
> That may be, but that's also a valid reason to not use them. Idioms
> are hard to properly translate.
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