KellyWilson writes:
You can't be suggesting that what have we learned since Tennyson has rendered his observations about waste obsolete.
Nor can you be suggesting that because language is poetic it conveys nothing.
Nor can you be suggesting that the hard facts of science contradict what Tennyson intends to convey.
Because you can't be suggesting any of these things, you'll understand if I question entirely the relevance of your last comment.
Might I suggest we cease conversing on this subject?
I'm not sure why I can't be suggesting any of those things.
I can suggest that I do not see the waste he alludes to, and that he could have been wrong.
Of course I am not suggesting that poetic language conveys nothing, but it does not convey science.
And yes, I can be suggesting that the hard facts of science contradict what he is saying.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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