From: "Robert J. Chassell" <bob@rattlesnake.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Remove delete-overlay?
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 12:17:09 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m1HMkDd-0004EqC@rattlesnake.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <45E6AC5B.20502@gmail.com> (lennart.borgman@gmail.com)
"Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
Since I am non-english I had to consult a dictionary now:
...
- remove: to change the location, position -- but also to get rid
of, eliminate
I think the first meaning of "remove" is what our teachers tell us.
Interesting! As a native English speaker, the second meaning is
relevant. I have never heard of the first, although it makes sense
etymologically, as in `move again'!
I would use a word such as `move' or `detach'.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-03-01 12:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-02-28 21:47 Remove delete-overlay? Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-02-28 22:22 ` Andreas Schwab
2007-03-01 5:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-03-01 5:27 ` Daniel Brockman
2007-03-01 9:50 ` Miles Bader
2007-03-01 10:35 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-03-01 12:17 ` Robert J. Chassell [this message]
2007-03-01 16:42 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2007-03-01 22:33 ` Stuart D. Herring
2007-03-02 3:27 ` Richard Stallman
2007-03-02 3:28 ` Richard Stallman
2007-03-01 8:14 ` Richard Stallman
2007-03-01 22:43 ` Stuart D. Herring
2007-03-01 23:12 ` Miles Bader
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