[Carry_Okie]

You’re right-in school-when you were actually taught real English usage- using the same word over and over in a story or what have you, was an automatic deduction off of your grade.

Interestingly, this is in stark contrast to Hebrew, where using the same root multiple times increases the precision yet changes the implications. English must employ more than one word each with subtly different meanings. As a set membership v. overlap problem, the distinction is rather interesting.

[homegroan]

I love language and all it has to offer-(and I really hate to say this but what the heck)- because it IS so diverse.

To me, languages use different paths to arrive at the same location.

Suzy