Sentences with phrase «from ordinary usage»

More restrictively, literature is writing that is considered to be an art form, or any single writing deemed to have artistic or intellectual value, often due to deploying language in ways that differ from ordinary usage.

Not exact matches

There are many ways in which such language can be given an orthodox construction: If, for example, you take your definition of «justice» from a law textbook (Aquinas likes the Roman jurist Ulpian) or from ordinary political usage, then there's no problem in saying God's mercy surpasses that.

Whether a profit from an isolated transaction is income according to the ordinary concepts and usages of mankind depends very much on the circumstances of the case.

That limitation was intentional to help prevent accidental usage from your ordinary gestures.