26 October 2005
Connected roots
Lady Crumpet's recent rant re the New York Times and J.M. reminded me of a Language Log exegesis from earlier this week examining the syntax of the source materials.
If Miller was unaware that there was a campaign to discredit Joe Wilson, then how would she be able to think one way or the other about whether she was a target of a campaign of which she was not aware? There are Zen koans that are easier to decipher.
Well, I never said they found any answers, they just expounded on some of the non-answers.
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26 October 2005 at 10:01:10 PM in Language & Literature
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