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Politics : View from the Center and Left

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To: epicure who wrote (455278)10/16/2020 7:59:18 PM
From: koan  Read Replies (3) of 543584
 
It seems clear to me that the phrase "death nail" (causation) makes more sense than "death knell" (announcement) when we are talking about what "specifically" killed some one .

Specific causation of death, by the nail.

Not a notice of a death.

They convey totally different things.

That seems logical to me.

James Joyce made up words. So there is some literary license right there-lol.

All I am saying I think it is fine to use either word, neither word being right or wrong.
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