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Is there a word?
0 Hello, 02 br
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00 I'm interested in the change between these sentences. 02 br
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00 "Keep your eyes off her body." 02 br
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00 "Keep your eyes on her mind." 02 br
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00 In the first sentence, the meaning is clear, and the use seems appropriate. One can, after all, keep one's eyes on someone's body. 02 br
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00 In the second sentence, however, while the meaning is clear, the use seems inappropriate. One can't keep one's eyes on someone's mind. 02 br
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00 Is there a word to describe this problem? 02 br
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00 Thanks very much for any help. 0-
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00 I'm interested in the change between these sentences. 02 br
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00 "Keep your eyes off her body." 02 br
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00 "Keep your eyes on her mind." 02 br
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00 In the first sentence, the meaning is clear, and the use seems appropriate. One can, after all, keep one's eyes on someone's body. 02 br
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00 In the second sentence, however, while the meaning is clear, the use seems inappropriate. One can't keep one's eyes on someone's mind. 02 br
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00 Is there a word to describe this problem? 02 br
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00 Thanks very much for any help. 0-
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0 I don't know the exact term, but it seems to me one of pet subjects of cognitive linguistics, as CalifJim says. 02 br
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00 But I incline to pay attention to the idiomatic usage of 00 one's 00 eyes on~>. 0-
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00 But I incline to pay attention to the idiomatic usage of 00 one's 00 eyes on~>. 0-
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1. some one who habitually steals.
2. some one who does charity.
3. what cannot be heard.
2. some one who does charity.
3. what cannot be heard.
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