Someone mentioned a while back the idea of meanings being relative, and I
haven't noticed anyone responding to that.
With "plod quickly", I would take that to mean plodding faster than the
norm, but it still would be slow as compared to walking quickly or running
quickly, etc. Thus the idea of "slow" would still be associated with plod as
an initial reference which can then be modified in one direction or the
other. I don't know how this fits in with the idea of cancellation.
Eric Inman
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