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Mon 15 Feb, 2010 07:15 pm
Quote:Second, as new concepts are developed, new terms are needed for their indication, so instead of creating new words, we simply put together already existent words, which acquire new sense in combination.
Please help me fix the meaning of "simply" in this context.
we put
how?
simply (with ease)
simply is an adverb to describe how you put together this information.
@fansy,
secondly, words describing new concepts are created by combining existing terms eg. smog is a mixture of smoke and fog
@fansy,
Quote:Second, as new concepts are developed, new terms are needed for their indication, so instead of creating new words, we just put together already [existent] existing words, which acquire a new sense in combination.
I'm not 100% sure what you mean by 'fix the meaning', Fansy.
@JTT,
I mean "to determine the sense of 'simply' in the above quotation.
by simply combining the words "sex" with 'text", we get 'sexting", an idiom meaning to text sexual messages to one another.
@fansy,
It has the same sense as 'just', Fansy. When we substitute 'just' for 'simply' does it make sense to you?
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