innovative "nevertheless"

[Chris F Waigl]

Arnold M. Zwicky wrote:
>>> a sighting of "nevertheless" used like "not to mention" or "to say
>>> nothing of", with a request for other cites, and a brief discussion
>>> of how one might search for such things (with a reference to the
>>> stanford ALL project):
>>>
>>> http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003815.html
>>>
>> In this instance my impression is that "nevertheless" is simply an
>> error
>> for the 'conjunction' "much less" ...
>>
>
> good idea (which i've added to the posting).  though it was surely an
> error at first, the question is whether it's spreading.
>

Here's another one:

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First, we have no control over the streets of Baghdad never the less the
whole country, so how can we enforce this solution on anybody?
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_sameh_ab_061025_iraq_2c_the_single_way.htm
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Chris Waigl

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