"Complicate" = "elucidate the complexity of"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 3/23/2011 05:11 PM, Dave Wilton wrote:
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>I just got feedback from a presentation I gave yesterday on 18th
>century grammars that included this written by a fellow grad student
>(who I assume is Canadian, as I believe I'm the only USAn in the class):
>
>"Dave did a really great job of complicating the
>descriptive/prescriptive binary w/ his analysis of the 4 grammarians
>he looked at."

Faint praise?

And I am reminded of the famous saying "There are two kinds of
grammaroams in the world.  Those who divide the world into two parts,
and those who don't.

Joel

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