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For percy: setting the record straight on Charlie Rose interview

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MangyTiger
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02-20-2006 7:55 PM 		Reply to: Message 210 by randman
02-20-2006 1:20 PM

Re: Where's the Beef?
No, you said you listened closely and that they never mentioned "autonomously" when they did use that word in the form "autonomy" and did so in a context where autonomously would have been grammatically correct.
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It's been over 30 years since I had to analyse sentences to earn a living (or at least to pass an exam ) but I think your claim that "autonomously" would have been grammatically correct is wrong.
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From the transcript the exact quote is:
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Hence, the origin of diversity of life as we know it on Earth by autonomy, by --you know, independent of any outside force.
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I think "...on Earth by autonomously, by --you..." would be just as wrong as "...on Earth by autonomy, by --you...".
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For my two cents the correct options would be:
  • ...on Earth by autonomous means, by --you...
  • ...on Earth autonomously, by --you...
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You can't have "by autonomously" as far as I know, so you have to add or subtract a word to make either use of autonomous/autonomously correct. His usage of "autonomy" is just plain wrong, but it was a live discussion so that's understandable.
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I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then
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