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The emblem of the dolphin and anchor which has been used since Roman times to illustrate the adage. This example is the printer's mark of Aldus.. Festina lente (Classical Latin: [fɛsˈtiː.naː ˈlɛn.teː]) or speûde bradéōs (σπεῦδε βραδέως, pronounced [spêu̯.de bra.dé.ɔːs]) is a classical adage and oxymoron meaning "make haste slowly" (sometimes rendered in English as ...
The sentence can be given as a grammatical puzzle [7] [8] [9] or an item on a test, [1] [2] for which one must find the proper punctuation to give it meaning. Hans Reichenbach used a similar sentence ("John where Jack had...") in his 1947 book Elements of Symbolic Logic as an exercise for the reader, to illustrate the different levels of language, namely object language and metalanguage.
Supporting and voting for Arbitration Committee candidates based on the belief that the candidates will damage Wikipedia. [1]Supporting or voting for inappropriate candidates for Requests for adminship, in the hope that the candidate will harm Wikipedia through bad decisions and poor behavior
8. “The sheer ignorance. So many don’t read books. They have a limited vocabulary. I don’t speak to many who seem to think critically. They are raised to take standard tests and consume ...
Move over, Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword—there's a new NYT word game in town! The New York Times' recent game, "Strands," is becoming more and more popular as another daily activity ...
Approximate X-bar representation of Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.See phrase structure rules.. Colorless green ideas sleep furiously was composed by Noam Chomsky in his 1957 book Syntactic Structures as an example of a sentence that is grammatically well-formed, but semantically nonsensical.
Madeleine was just three years old when she disappeared from a holiday resort in Praia da Luz on 3 May 2007 while her parents were dining with friends nearby.
Hastein in Luna, Italy ca 859. Histoire Populaire de la France 1st edition (1862), author: Ch. Lahure. Hastein (Old Norse: Hásteinn, also recorded as Hastingus, Anstign, Haesten, Hæsten, Hæstenn or Hæsting [1] [2] and alias Alsting [3]) was a Viking chieftain of the late 9th century who made several raiding voyages.