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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
definition of connotation
connotation:
1 b: something suggested by a word or thing : implication <the connotations of comfort that surrounded that old chair>
2: the signification of something <that abuse of logic which consists in moving counters about as if they were known entities with a fixed connotation — W. R. Inge>
3: an essential property or group of properties of a thing named by a term in logic
[M-W's Dictionary]
Questions:
1: Shouldn't connotation be used instead of connotations?
2: Please explain the red text.
3: Can you provide me with any such term of logic?
1 b: something suggested by a word or thing : implication <the connotations of comfort that surrounded that old chair>
2: the signification of something <that abuse of logic which consists in moving counters about as if they were known entities with a fixed connotation — W. R. Inge>
3: an essential property or group of properties of a thing named by a term in logic
[M-W's Dictionary]
Questions:
1: Shouldn't connotation be used instead of connotations?
2: Please explain the red text.
3: Can you provide me with any such term of logic?
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Jackson6612 connotation: 1 b : something suggested by a word or thing : implication <the connotation s of comfort that surrounded that old chair> 2 : the signification of something < that abuse of logic which consists in moving counters about as if they were known entities with a fixed connotation — W. R. Inge> 3 : an essential property or group of properties of a thing named by a term in logic [M-W's Dictionary] Questions: 1: Shouldn't connotation be used instead of connotation s ?
- Jackson6612 connotation: 1 b : something suggested by a word or thing : implication <the connotation s of comfort that surrounded that old chair> 2 : the signification of something < that abuse of logic which consists in moving counters about as if they were known entities with a fixed connotation — W.
- R.
- Inge> 3 : an essential property or group of properties of a thing named by a term in logic [M-W's Dictionary] Questions: 1: Shouldn't connotation be used instead of connotation s ?
- Either would work.
- The perosn writing this entry has chosen the plural.
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Jackson6612connotation:
1 b: something suggested by a word or thing : implication <the connotations of comfort that surrounded that old chair>
2: the signification of something <
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