Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihlpg.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!ihlpg!jeand From: jeand@ihlpg.UUCP (AMBAR) Newsgroups: net.books Subject: Re: Rereading Message-ID: <805@ihlpg.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Jul-85 15:03:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ihlpg.805 Posted: Wed Jul 10 15:03:00 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 12-Jul-85 01:48:40 EDT References: <348@ucdavis.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 22 > Doesn't "scan" mean to read very closely or intently? Should "skim" > have been used here? Sorry, old pet peeve... > --rick heli R.C. Sproul, KNOWING SCRIPTURE, pgs. 81-82 "The word 'scan' was defined in English dictionaries within my lifetime as meaning, "to read carefully, in close detail." More recent editions of dictionaries define 'scan' as "to skim over lightly." Thus the term has changed its meaning completely over the space of a few years. What happened is that so many people misused the word that its misuse became the 'customary meaning'" (PS. Excellent book on basic Bible interpretation) ^--"See, Gene, it's a review!" -- AMBAR {the known universe}!ihnp4!ihlpg!jeand "You shouldn't let people drive you crazy when you know it's within walking distance."