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To: E who wrote (3185)	7/17/1999 11:38:00 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 4711

Here's a cute little puzzler for those of you who don't follow Click and Clack on NPR (if you don't, you're missing a riotious show even if you don't drive a car). There certain words in the English language which are their own antonyms. For example: cleve can mean to split things apart (as in cleaver), or to join things together (cleve unto each other.) The PGA can sanction a tournament, but also sanction golfers who break the rules. Can you think of other words which are their own antonyms?

To: E who wrote (3185)	7/18/1999 12:15:00 PM
From: jbe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4711

E, I am not quite sure what your objection is. Are you objecting to my use of the preposition "against" after "animus," and advocating the use of "toward" instead? What you have written sounds a bit contradictory to me (and incorrectly punctuated, by the way <g>): Animus is always "against," (unless you're speaking Latin,) so the correct expression, would, I believe, be "animus toward." In any event, I checked all the dictionaries I have in the house. The only one that specified what preposition should follow "animus" was my monster unabridged Webster's International (1945). It did so by providing the following examples of the use of the word "animus" in sentences: Far from having any animus against the various princes. -- Blackwood's The animus of Cervantes is directed against the cause of Don Quixote's aberration. -- John Macy Enmity toward, yes. Animosity toward, yes. But animus against sounds right to me. I am willing to be convinced otherwise; but you will have to make a good case for it -- and to cite your sources. <g> On your question about the "it" in Christopher's sentence: yes, I can see your point, finally. Good job. Joan