Posted by Larry Hoover on July 29, 2007, at 10:36:08
In reply to Re: Should all drugs be generic? » Squiggles, posted by Larry Hoover on July 29, 2007, at 10:33:01
> It's not meant to be profound. It's a simple word play. The first statement primes the mind into considering one option, whereas the second statement is about something else entirely. It is not that 'fruit (collective noun)' 'flies (verb intransitive)', but that 'fruit flies (noun plural)' 'like (verb intransitive)'.....
Ooops. I meant the latter was transitive, or I'd not have included the descriptor.
Lar
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