Abandonment

[Mark Mandel]

On Feb 9, 2008 2:43 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

> But seriously, why isn't ""There are amazing abandonments in America"
> simply OED "1. The action of relinquishing to another, of giving up,
> letting go, forsaking"?
>
>
Because it's used in parallel with, and in contrast to, "abandoned
buildings":

America :
  amazing :
    abandonments
    ::
former Soviet Union :
   (some of the most) interesting, unique and strange :
      abandoned buildings


Mark Mandel

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