Post by account_disabled on Dec 28, 2023 4:11:13 GMT -4
How many times have we heard someone utter a (horrendous) sequence of “rather than”? I imagine many, too many. Even on TV this term is often used in the wrong way and TV sets fashion, creates trends. Hearing a famous person, from entertainment or politics, or, worse, a journalist use certain expressions, the masses become convinced that they are correct, that this is exactly what they say. And the virus of ignorance spreads. Certainly the same thing happened with the phrase "rather than": somewhere - we will see later where, exactly - someone started spreading the virus and "rather than" took root in the masses.
But there is a cure, you can heal Special Data from the disjunctive “rather than”. Etymology of the adverb “rather” It comes from the union of "more" and the adverb "tosto" and once meant "sooner". The meaning then changed to “more willingly”. Then indicate a preference . The phrase “rather than” introduces a comparison: that is, it compares two elements of a sentence, two alternatives, of which one (only one) is the one contemplated. How the phrase “rather than” was born in disjunctive form Northern readers should not be offended, but in many quarters - and I have personal testimony - it is said that the use of "rather than" with the meaning of "or" was born in Northern Italy.
Treccani, the Accademia della Crusca and even Wikipedia agree on this point. I already noticed it in the 90s, talking to some people in Milan, friends and work colleagues. I felt that discordance and I was annoyed by it. All that repeating “rather than”… “rather than”… “rather than”… was a constant cacophony to my ears. I preferred not to correct, not everyone likes to be corrected. You're basically calling him ignorant, albeit with elegance and education. But what does “disjunctive” mean? In grammar there are disjunctive conjunctions , that is, conjunctions that disjoin , separate what was united.
But there is a cure, you can heal Special Data from the disjunctive “rather than”. Etymology of the adverb “rather” It comes from the union of "more" and the adverb "tosto" and once meant "sooner". The meaning then changed to “more willingly”. Then indicate a preference . The phrase “rather than” introduces a comparison: that is, it compares two elements of a sentence, two alternatives, of which one (only one) is the one contemplated. How the phrase “rather than” was born in disjunctive form Northern readers should not be offended, but in many quarters - and I have personal testimony - it is said that the use of "rather than" with the meaning of "or" was born in Northern Italy.
Treccani, the Accademia della Crusca and even Wikipedia agree on this point. I already noticed it in the 90s, talking to some people in Milan, friends and work colleagues. I felt that discordance and I was annoyed by it. All that repeating “rather than”… “rather than”… “rather than”… was a constant cacophony to my ears. I preferred not to correct, not everyone likes to be corrected. You're basically calling him ignorant, albeit with elegance and education. But what does “disjunctive” mean? In grammar there are disjunctive conjunctions , that is, conjunctions that disjoin , separate what was united.