First "is," now "the"

[Ben Zimmer]

On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> Semantics in the Edwards trial:
>
> http://gma.yahoo.com/john-edwards-defense-relies-definition-121722128--abc-news-topstories.html

Some thoughts on this from Barbara Partee:

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3958

--bgz

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