tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916114.post7473480894319061079..comments2023-10-10T22:40:19.027-05:00Comments on Across the Blood-Brain Barrier: "Forced to Write"metaspencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12097953494469411691noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916114.post-62999036349447726532007-03-12T21:57:00.000-05:002007-03-12T21:57:00.000-05:00oh yeah -- this post is about current uses, as in ...oh yeah -- this post is about current uses, as in today. Lexis-Nexis has the serious hook up, too!metaspencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12097953494469411691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916114.post-75970599451893950162007-03-12T21:44:00.000-05:002007-03-12T21:44:00.000-05:00http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22to+write+*...http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22to+write+*+as+punishment%22&btnG=Google+Search<BR/><BR/>Gives about 110 examples on the Web.<BR/><BR/>This link:<BR/><BR/>http://news.google.com/archivesearch?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&tab=wn&q=%22to+write+*+as+punishment%22<BR/><BR/>Gives archived examples of the expression in news stories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916114.post-77385561661231853172007-03-12T21:43:00.000-05:002007-03-12T21:43:00.000-05:00You could probably do slightly different searches ...You could probably do slightly different searches to find other colocational expressions.<BR/><BR/>For instance, "to write...as punishment" might be a useful search, which you can do by setting your search in quotation marks and using an asterisk:<BR/><BR/>"to write * as punishment"<BR/><BR/>Colocated expressions are sometimes syntactically dependent on each other while not being right next to each other in the surface word order.<BR/><BR/>-ttAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com