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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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In Reply to: Re: Then buy your own independent thought, you mean?... posted by .Guy on September 29, 2006 at 05:05:34:
if your question really is, "isn't there a better word than favorite," then we're all limited by the choice of words available in the English language. One of the fun aspects of English is that you often find a range of words meaning roughly the same thing but each having its own shading of that meaning. Writers look for the word that is just right, and a thesaurus is an invaluable tool.Sometimes, though, there isn't a range of words available, and only one has the right shading. In this case the writer has a choice: make up a new word (impractical if you want to write in a clear, effective way so that folks understand you), or re-cast the sentence. This is what writers do.
If "favorite" is not favored, you would re-cast "Bach is my favorite composer" to "I prefer Bach to other composers." You would re-cast "My favorite version of Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra is Reiner's" to "Of all the interpretations of the Concerto for Orchestra I like Reiner's the best."
You could also employ a metaphor, but we'll come to that in our next lesson.
Now, if you really get as pissed off as you seem to do when folks tell you there isn't an effective substitute for the word "favorite," then you need psychological help. You might as well get mad because it's raining outside.
According to my current rates, you owe me about $75 for the tutoring. Email me and I'll tell you where to send the check.
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Follow Ups
- Look, - markrohr 06:10:43 09/30/06 (4)
- I'll pay when you play... - .Guy 05:00:57 10/01/06 (1)
- Re: I'll pay when you play... - markrohr 08:30:27 10/01/06 (1)
- Good luck collecting from the guy that gave us "audiophilility" and - musetap 15:22:54 09/30/06 (1)
- Re: "For what he contributes hear" - I hear you. Too busy knitting? * - .Guy 04:55:27 10/01/06 (0)
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