English Usage

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    Six hours for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.
    —18th-century English proverb.

    I am using it [the word ‘perceive’] here in such a way that to say of an object that it is perceived does not entail saying that it exists in any sense at all. And this is a perfectly correct and familiar usage of the word.
    —A.J. (Alfred Jules)