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Lochel Posted 18 years ago
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00 A divine imparting of knowledge; inspiration. 02 br
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00 Now, my question is; isn't that phrase grammatically redundant? Shouldn't divine be eliminated from that phrase? 02 font 02 br
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00 It sounds safe to say divine inspiration, though. 0230href http://www.thestar.comc Toronto Star
00 Word of the Day for 01 i 00 Wednesday, April 9, 2008 02 i 02 h1
00 afflatus 00 \uh-FLAY-tuhs\, 01 i 00 noun 02 i 00 : 02 br02 br
00 A divine imparting of knowledge; inspiration. 02 br
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00 Whatever happened to passion and vision and the divine 11 b 10 afflatus 12 b 10 in poetry? 12 br11 font 02 br
10 -- Clive Hicks, "From 'Green Man' (Ronsdale)", 11 cite 15 0 12 cite 10 , November 21, 1999 12 blockquote
00 Now, my question is; isn't that phrase grammatically redundant? Shouldn't divine be eliminated from that phrase? 02 font 02 br
00 edit: 02 br
00 It sounds safe to say divine inspiration, though. 0230href http://www.thestar.comc Toronto Star
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0 Hi, 02 br 02 br 00 It doesn't really seem redundant to me. Some people would argue that not all inspiration is divine in origin. 02 br 02 br 00 Best wishes, Clive 0-
- 0 Hi, 02 br 02 br 00 It doesn't really seem redundant to me.
- Some people would argue that not all inspiration is divine in origin.
- 02 br 02 br 00 Best wishes, Clive 0-
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0 Hi, 02 br
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00 It doesn't really seem redundant to me. Some people would argue that not all inspiration is divine in origin. For example, we commonly say things like 'Person X inspires me'. 02 br
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00 Best wishes, Clive 0-
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00 It doesn't really seem redundant to me. Some people would argue that not all inspiration is divine in origin. For example, we commonly say things like 'Person X inspires me'. 02 br
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00 Best wishes, Clive 0-
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