Saturday, June 8, 2013

The subtlety of words



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Advice both elegant and succinct on how to distinguish between the words"elusive" and "illusory," from "Fowler's Modern English Usage," 2/e: "The elusive mocks its pursuer, the illusory its possessor."


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