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 By Allen Robinski Mar. 26, 2006 Pro means you agree and support a certain thing. Con means you are against the thing or some of the parts of it. Therefore would an ex-con be a person who is now for it?. Confusing huh?. Con is also used in referring to a convict no longer encarcerated, or has converted from a convict lifestyle. If a person is an ex-con, is he now a pro-Con? Confusing huh? A freeway sign may say "RIGHT LANE CLOSED AHEAD" Must we now drive on the "WRONG LANE" once we get to that point? Confusing huh ? Why is a pair of pants called a pair when it's only a single piece of clothing? Then you buy a suit with two pair of pants and burn a hole in the coat. Confusing huh? Why are things that taste good, bad for you, and things that taste bad, good for you? Confusing huh? Join The Army, Visit exotic places, meet strange people, then kill them. Confusing huh? If you scare someone half to death twice, are they now fully dead? confusing huh? I am sure most flyers have heard of the man who bought a ticket to Chicago and said he wanted his luggage to go to Los Angeles. After being told that can't be done, he asked WHY?, you did it last week....Amusing huh AND confusing. ------------ About the author Allen Robinski: Linguistics expert Dr Joan Beal says the highlighting of errors is often used as a way to undermine a writer's otherwise valid argument. I write because UK gave me the oportunity..TY UK Email: landscape@prodigy.net Comment on this article here! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com. Please link to this article rather than copying and pasting it onto your site (which would be unauthorized and illegal). |
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