Klarinet Archive - Posting 000267.txt from 2000/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] immer
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 19:51:27 -0400

At 01:03 AM 10/6/2000 +0200, David Glenn wrote:
>Rien Stein wrote:
>
>> At first I did not want to intermingle with the discussion on "Immer
kleiner", but I was amazed to see it is officially translated into "always
smaller", an expression that, if my knowledge of the English language is
good enough, has a meaning quit different from "ever smaller". Of course
"Immer kleiner"means "smaller and smaller", so it should be "ever smaller"
I think
>>
>> Rien
>
>+++++++++++++++++++
>
>It would depend on the context. I think both could be right.
>
>David
>
Of course, in the context we are discussing, where the clarinet grows
smaller and smaller as we watch/listen, "ever smaller" which means
essentially the same as "smaller and smaller" is more correct than "always
smaller" which implies that it is smaller right from the start and suggests
nothing about any subsequent decrease in size.

I really need to get out more! :-)

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
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