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Catttt Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
isn’t nothing
?Does the highlighted sentence mean:
1. a mere nothing that is not anything, because it happens
or
2. a mere nothing that in fact is not a "nothing" because it happens
as Anton proposes, ‘a void between two things in which art becomes possible, and it must be marked each time, for it is what art “is”, a mere “nothing” that isn’t nothing since it happens’
1. a mere nothing that is not anything, because it happens
or
2. a mere nothing that in fact is not a "nothing" because it happens
as Anton proposes, ‘a void between two things in which art becomes possible, and it must be marked each time, for it is what art “is”, a mere “nothing” that isn’t nothing since it happens’
Top answer
The second one. ("isn't nothing" meaning "is not anything" is uneducated English. )
- The second one.
- ("isn't nothing" meaning "is not anything" is uneducated English.
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The second one.
("isn't nothing" meaning "is not anything" is uneducated English. It would not appear in a work like the one you are reading.)
("isn't nothing" meaning "is not anything" is uneducated English. It would not appear in a work like the one you are reading.)
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In my opinion, "a mere nothing" is a pleonasm in which "a mere" needlessly modifies "nothing". It's like saying: It is being nothing more than nothing where nothing is tautologically described by nothing.
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GPY And does "it must be marked each time" mean "it should be mentioned each time" or "it is clear each time"?
Full context:
Importantly, then, the urban space of praxis (or movement) that is emphasised here, between nothingness and somethingness (and vice versa), represents, as Anton proposes, ‘a void between two things in which art beco
Full context:
Importantly, then, the urban space of praxis (or movement) that is emphasised here, between nothingness and somethingness (and vice versa), represents, as Anton proposes, ‘a void between two things in which art beco
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red appleGPY And does "it must be marked each time" mean "it should be mentioned each time" or "it is clear each time"?I think it means something like "it must be noted".
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