Usage of 'Nexis' is Baffling

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Apr 7, 2007, at 7:50 AM, Doug Harris wrote:

> Does anyone understand what the author of this letter, published in
> today
> Sacramento Bee, meant in her use of the word 'nexis'?....
>
> What's fascinating to me on this issue and so many others involving
> the
> safety and security of California families is that there doesn't
> appear to
> be any nexis between these tragic deaths and families destroyed and
> the
> voting patterns in every election.

i'd say that the word she was aiming for was "nexus", intending it as
a fancy substitute for "connection".

arnold

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