Anotherworld
In this sentence, why do the author put everyday in quotes? o most people, the difference between mathematics and literature is apparent simply from comparing the appearance of a mathematics text with a literary one. There is a "language" of mathematics with its own symbols and terminology, mysterious to nonspecialists, while most literary works are written in language which, if not always of the "everyday" kind, is at least familiar. if not always of the "everyday" kind In this sentence, why do the author put everyday in quotes? Does the author want to place emphasis on it? Please help me! Thanks!!
29 juil. 2014 05:38
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Yes it's emphasis with a bit of sarcasm towards mathematics. That's the way I read it.
29 juillet 2014
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