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Friday, September 28, 2018

Without Further Adue...

The phrase, the oft used subordinate clause "Without further ado..." is malaproposed.

The general public and even academics have erroneously malaproposed the phrase to "Without futher adue..."

The concept is "fuss" or "trouble" and its linguistic symbol is commonly expressed as the term "ado".

Example, from Shakespaere's play "Much ado about nothing."

We don't know what the term "adue" means. It seems to confuse the concept of "due".

So, the purpose of the clause is, "let's fuss no futher and get on with the discussion, the issue."

So, "Without further fuss." is synonmous.

In symbolic language, there is no correct use or wrong use of words; there is only consistency with common usage.

In order to achieve communication, the shared understanding between speaker and listener, it is essential to have a database of commonly used terminology.

If one person uses a word differently from another, then communication should not be expected.

It is commonly held that the phrase is "Without further ado...", not "Without further adue."

It is the responsibilty of all whom seek communication, shared understanding, to stick to terms that are commonly used.

If this unwritten agreement is not adhered to in one instance, there is no reason to adhere in any instance.

So, We encourage All to keep the standards of their laguage use to the highest level, that we may All benefit from the world in which communciation is not made even harder to achieve than it already is.

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