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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Hi,
Spotted this in a photography forum discussing the use of “live view” in cameras:
“What I like liveview is for taking unusual and angles and juts of position it allows me.”
I assume the writer meant “juxtaposition”. Has anyone seen this usage before, it’s new to me.
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The syntax of the quoted post is interesting in other respects. I would have used the plural “juxtapositions” there, I suppose. The imagery of “juts” works in this context—I don’t suppose it would in most others, though. Be interesting to see more examples.
A good potential example, I think. Nice find, in any case.
And welcome to the interface.
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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