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Ginkgo

#316791 Thu, 18 Jan 07 02:52 PM

Dear everyone,

Would you please show me another way of expressing the following red part?

"affirming or denying a predicate to a part of the subject -- used of a proposition in logic"

The preceding phrase appears in the following dictionary.
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/particular
particular [adjective] 5 b:

Awaiting your replies, I remain. Yours sincerely,
Ginkgo.

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Please forgive me if you find anything offensive in this post. I am poor at expressing my meaning in the English language.

Clive

#316883 Thu, 18 Jan 07 06:12 PM

Hi,

Would you please show me another way of expressing the following red part?

"affirming or denying a predicate to a part of the subject -- used of a proposition in logic"

'Used of' = used when talking about, used to describe

eg Stubborn is a word that is often used of Tom.

Best wishes, Clive

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Ginkgo

#317192 Fri, 19 Jan 07 11:19 AM

Dear Clive,

Thank you very much for your reply.
The reply with a good example sentence is very helpful to me.

It is very difficult for me to grasp the exact meaning of a preposition on a case-by-case basis.
Your continued support will be greatly appreciated.

Yours sincerely,
Ginkgo.