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Angliholic Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

A set/stock phrase

"Presumption of innocense" is a set/stock phrase.

Hi,
Do set and stock alike fit in the above and convey a similar concept to you? Thanks.
  

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Nearly so. I think of "set" as emphasizing that the form is fixed, as " set in concrete" - untransmutable. "Stock," on the other hand, emphasizes (in my mind) the ready-made aspect of it - off-the-shelf - picked from the catalog.

— Avangi

  • Nearly so.
  • I think of "set" as emphasizing that the form is fixed, as " set in concrete" - untransmutable.
  • "Stock," on the other hand, emphasizes (in my mind) the ready-made aspect of it - off-the-shelf - picked from the catalog.
  • ) They amount to the same thing, and most people wouldn't say there's a difference.
  • Perhaps "standard phrase" would partake of both aspects.
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Nearly so. I think of "set" as emphasizing that the form is fixed, as "set in concrete" - untransmutable. "Stock," on the other hand, emphasizes (in my mind) the ready-made aspect of it - off-the-shelf - picked from the catalog. (That is, you might be able to fudge it a little bit - modify it.) They amount to the same thing, and most people wouldn't say the
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