I was not flaming you. I am sorry if that was your interpretation. I was observing that you attempted to dismiss my argument by waiving the magic wand of webster's dictionary at it, so I rejoined with the possibility that your construction of the authority in that text might not be generally accepted by experts and practitioners in the field. In short, I rejoined your appeal to authority in standard rhetorical fashion, responding to rhetoric with rhetoric. On Oct 17, 2006, at 5:58 PM, Sam Tilden wrote:
Jeremy,
I will not allow you to start a flame war with me. Pick on somebody else.
Sam
Jeremy Hunsinger <jhuns@vt.edu> wrote: yes, that is why there are many dictionaries... and you know what... there are encyclopedias, textbooks, and even a whole field of study:) i don't see many in science citing webster's dictionary as the canonical definition, but perhaps they should be...
You'll have to take that up with the writers at Webster's Dictionary.
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