- The Guardian
The Twilight Saga: New Moon is slickly packaged entertainment that’s nonetheless predicated on a creepy vision of teenage sexuality
- The Times
It is a tale of sexual and sporting rivalry, bullying and manipulation predicated on the girls' passion for their teacher
- The Independent
...in an industry predicated on results, Pipe’s reputation, and business, is now in his own hands.
- The Financial Times
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If you're complaining that "predicated" should not mean "based", Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage calls this a "dead issue".
ReplyDeleteNot at all. I am arguing: one syllable good, four syllables bad.
ReplyDeleteOr more precisely: one well-known syllable good, four syllables that you would never say aloud with a vague pseudo-connection to logic and a pompous air bad.
ReplyDelete...and thus we bid adeau to the sweet sounds of verse for the thunder of simplicity!
ReplyDeleteI may be wrong, but I can't recall predicated ever having been used in verse. It's more of a strategy meeting/political interview kind of a word.
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