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Subject: Re: words and their opposites
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Date: Tue, 14-May-85 11:10:06 EDT
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> I know of some cases where something seems like it ought to be an opposite
> but it's not.  For instance,
> 
> 	What's the difference between LOOSENing your shoelaces and
> 	UNLOOSENING your shoelaces ?
> 
> For another example,
> 
> 	We chop trees DOWN and then we chop them UP !

My French teacher told us that when he was teaching English in France,
his students just couldn't understand why "THE HOUSE BURNED DOWN" means
exactly the same thing as "THE HOUSE BURNED UP."

Robert Orenstein
Relational Technology