The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #114921 Message #2455907
Posted By: Uncle_DaveO
02-Oct-08 - 05:44 PM
Thread Name: BS: Grammar question
Subject: RE: BS: Grammar question
No, I think "renounce" is not a word that could be useful here.
The only way I can envision using "resign" here is in the sense, mentioned by someone above, of resigning oneself to a forced bad choice, making the best of a bad thing. You seem to want to reject any prescribed choices, and "resign" doesn't help.
Are you fixed on using the crossroads image? That metaphor almost forces one to travel on one of the roadways provided.
I gather that your thought is that in music you are not limited to taking one of two or a small number of directions pre-chosen for you, but can invent or choose some other way to go.
Dave Oesterreich