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Chris -- 2018-04-11
The verb “to shed” originally meant (OE scÄ“adan, and earlier Sc. and Gmc.) to separate or divide. To “shed light” came to mean to emanate, diffuse it, spill it out upon a subject. Innovative ways of retooling “shed light on” include shade light on, shell light on, and my favourite, shared light on.
Ethical challenges of synthetic biology:
In the April issue of the journal Nature Biotechnology Synbiosafe team members shade light on the how European synthetic biologists view the issue of synbio and ethics.
(http://www.synbiosafe.eu/index.php?mact … eturnid=54)
Reconstruction of historical ship type:
The aim of the project is to shade light on the sources of the shared culture of the Anatolia and Europe, and to awaken historical consciousness
(http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detay … ink=180493)
Modelling costs of greenhouse gas emissions:
These limitations may be exacerbated by the fact that most studies employ models that were not initially designed to shell light on the cost of emissions reductions
(http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/mva/ia … E1993.html)
This one is a natural:
Diet advice:
A survey conducted recently shared light on the fact that women stated that if they were able to control their weight they would feel better about themselves
(http://www.natural-homeremedies.com/blo … se-weight/)
Marketing in emerging media:
>From an Emerging Media stand point many new concepts that further layout the future for Web 2.0 were delivered and even though I am very experienced in this field the new demographical data and analytics shared, really shared light on how niche markets are capitalizing on engaging their audiences and creating experiences.
(http://emergingmedia.org/)
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Then there is this one. From a blog:
Ousman is now in high school – and at about twenty, much older than the other kids. He wants to come to the US for school – or actually almost anywhere but there. There’s no college in the Gambia and Ousman desperately wants a good education – specifically to go to journalism school. One day we were reading a Gambian newspaper together and noticed an article about stolen cows that said “The police were called in to shit light on the issue.” When I pointed it out to Ousman, we both agreed it wasn’t a typo – the journalist really thought that was the correct term. Ousman said (after we laughed for ten straight minutes), “See! That was written by our TOP national journalist! That will be what happens to me if I stay in The Gambia for school! I too will think that you’re supposed to shit light on issues!”
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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