30-08-2013, 08:57 PM
Jim DiEugenio Wrote:http://thesaurus.com/browse/group
Please show me where it says "pair" in the list of synonyms for the word group above.
Please show me where it says "three or more"!
This is not merely a matter of semantics. It's quite clear, Jim, that there's little love lost between us. But even I take no joy from witnessing your difficulties here.
One more time:
group noun, often attributive \ˈgrüp\
1:[B] two or more figures forming a complete unit in a composition
2: a number of individuals assembled together or having some unifying relationship
and
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/group
group n.
1. An assemblage of persons or objects gathered or located together; an aggregation: a group of dinner guests; a group of buildings near the roa
2. Two or more figures that make up a unit or design, as in sculpture.[/B]
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If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene