The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #70259   Message #1198738
Posted By: Amos
02-Jun-04 - 03:28 PM
Thread Name: BS: Affect and effect.
Subject: RE: BS: Affect and effect.
Blackcatter:

It gets a lot clearer if you notice the many different streams of change that c0ome together in what we now call English. Expecting it to be coherent and uniform and consistent is unrealistic, because it is born out of chaos and involves thousands of major vectors. It is not surprising a number of inconsistencies and contradictions are still present in it.

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