Timeline for Why isn't there a structure of "express something (to somebody)" in the dictionary?
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Dec 2, 2015 at 2:29 | vote | accept | Tom | ||
Dec 1, 2015 at 17:55 | history | edited | StoneyB on hiatus |
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Dec 1, 2015 at 16:54 | comment | added | StoneyB on hiatus | @stangdon I love "not complete instructions for usage". | |
Dec 1, 2015 at 16:52 | answer | added | StoneyB on hiatus | timeline score: 3 | |
Dec 1, 2015 at 16:12 | comment | added | stangdon | The short answer is because dictionaries give you definitions, not complete instructions for usage. "Express something to somebody" is perfectly good usage, but the dictionary cannot possibly cover every single way a word could be used, and in fact I think that that learner's dictionary may do readers a disservice by appearing to cover every possible case, when it actually does not and cannot. | |
Dec 1, 2015 at 16:00 | answer | added | Peter | timeline score: 0 | |
Dec 1, 2015 at 15:10 | history | asked | Tom | CC BY-SA 3.0 |