More PREP-Loss?

[Andrea Morrow]

Maybe the intended meaning isn't like "believe in." Maybe it's
transitive, like "believe + noun" - as in, I believe the theory of
evolution, I believe Hillary, I believe my local newspaper, etc.  It sounds
OK to me to say, "I believe modern physics," which is similar to saying, "I
believe astrology," in form if not in content.  Maybe I'm just weird.

Andrea

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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