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Ian O’Shaughnessy

Quotes · Anatoly Liberman

“Nothing is more damaging to an argument than the words without hesitation, without doubt, undoubtedly, certainly, and the like. They are used only when proof is wanting.”

– Anatoly Liberman, Word Origins, Oxford University Press, 2005, pg. 52.

From volume VI of the file · Book · 21st century

Themes: language & writing · reason & truth