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Topic: Why "abortionS", not "abortion"?
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D for Defiant
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posted June 20, 2006 11:12 AM
 
I have a simple question:Why "abortions", not "abortion"? Do you think Linda was making sense? ------------------
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Eleanore
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From: Japan
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted June 20, 2006 04:20 PM
Her reasoning was that when trying to find out about abortions ... well, see, there it is. Her lexigram was not about one abortion but about all abortions. Thus, it was plural. Makes sense to me. Even if you were to find out about someone's abortion ... it would still be "Jane's Abortion" and the S would still inevitably be there. Don't know how it would work with a "yes" in the word, though, such as in "Jenny's Abortion" ... Nevertheless, Linda's stance was that since people, when discussing the rights and wrongs of the issue of abortion, are not discussing one abortion ... they are discussing the policy of the practice of abortion itself ... which involves many, many abortions. So yeah, I stand by Linda's rules. But test them out for yourself and see.  Oh yeah, I haven't met you before so ... Welcome, D for Defiant. ------------------
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D for Defiant
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posted June 21, 2006 10:56 PM
Eleanor,Thanks for the reply. I always had difficulty comprehending this, even after reading your explanation. But I suddenly "figured it out" by a rather unusual means- it sounds weird, but when I wrote in a message at another LL forum "I hate psychiatric hospitalizations", I realized that for me, psychiatric hospitalization, the single term, is only a "concept", whereas the plural term applies to the reality. So...I know this just sounds far-out...(?) and just bizarre, but I now realize that when we think of, talk about, support or forbid abortion, we're not talking about one single abortion; we're talking about abortionS...anyway, you know what I mean. Now I get it  ------------------
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Eleanore
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posted June 22, 2006 08:43 PM
I must admit I think those sudden realizations are the best ways of understanding anything because they always come from within yourself. Perhaps what we do in those situations is that we just absorb all the information we come across and figure it out subconciously before *click* ... it all makes sense.  ------------------
"To learn is to live, to study is to grow, and growth is the measurement of life. The mind must be taught to think, the heart to feel, and the hands to labor. When these have been educated to their highest point, then is the time to offer them to the service of their fellowman, not before." - Manly P. Hall IP: Logged |
D for Defiant
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posted June 23, 2006 07:40 AM
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D for Defiant
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posted September 16, 2006 11:36 AM
As a matter of fact, I have been thinking about this for the past couple of months. It still seems not so convincing to me-True, when people discuss the pros and cons, "right" and "wrong" of abortion, they are speaking of not only one single abortion, but numerous ones. However, when we talk about abortion, we talk about the action, the behavior etc, of having an abortion, or having abortions. We are referring to the concept of, or the idea of, abortion as an act. We never say "Abortions are illegal...", instead, we always say "Abortion is illegal" or "Abortion should not be prohibited" and so forth. We rarely speak of this matter with the plural form of the word, but most of the time with the single form of the word as the act being perceived as the action to be taken in general, and the same and the one action. No matter how many abortions occur, they are still perceived as the same thing- abortion. Therefore, I remained unconvinced by Linda's theory. This does not necessarily mean whether I am pro or against abortion, but simply that I have doubts upon lexigramming the word's plural form, and consequently getting results that are perfect for supporting abortion as the right thing to do. As for the unborn fetus being only a "robot", has the functions like a living being but "not a real living being" etc, are also among what Linda preached with which I disagree or am skeptical about. ------------------
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fayte.m
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From: Still out looking for Schrödinger's cat. fayte1954@hotmail.com
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted September 16, 2006 04:31 PM
I finally aquired my own copy of Star Signs.
I am lexigramming alot of things mentioned there.
Later!
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Age is a State of Mind. Change Your Mind!
~I intend to continue learning forever~Enigma
~I am still learning~ Michangelo
The Door to Gnosis is never permanently locked...one only needs the correct keys and passwords.~Enigma
The pious man with closed eyes can often hold more ego than a proud man with open eyes.~NEXUS
Out of the mouth of babes commeth wisdom that can rival that of sages.~Enigma
In the rough, or cut and polished..a diamond is still a precious gem.
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artlovesdawn
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posted April 09, 2007 01:44 AM
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fayte.m
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posted April 09, 2007 12:01 PM
artlovesdawn 
No errors!And I loved your DEATH one! 
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posted April 09, 2007 09:20 PM
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fayte.m
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posted April 09, 2007 09:23 PM
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