another reversal??

[Jonathan Lighter]

In this context I'd avoid "adapt" at all costs, for the reasons already
given.

JL


On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 5:19 AM, Damien Hall <damien.hall at newcastle.ac.uk>wrote:

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> > On Being Different, the book Miller adapted from that essay.
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> This felt strange to me too, and having read down the thread I think I
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>  why.  It isn't exactly the reason given by Victor, Alice and Geoff, I
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> t think, though it may be related.
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> I don't think 'my' syntax for _adapt_ allows it to go into this frame with
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> this meaning.  Since what is meant is that Miller wrote a book called _On
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> eing Different_ which was an adaptation / expansion of an essay, I would
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> ve to say
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> _On Being Different_, the book into which Miller adapted that essay.
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> We know of course that you should never say Never in this kind of thing -
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> ut I don't think that I could use _adapt A from B_ to mean 'make A out of
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> ', except perhaps very informally / marginally.
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