NL888 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Does "as to be off-limits" mean "as to the extent where it is barred for entrance"?
Or "as to be off-limits" just means "as to be useless"?
Context:
Unfortunately, many of the nouns and adjectives that could
describe the rich nature of this synthesis are already freighted
with so much baggage as to be off-limits. Should we coin the
term "crevolution"? Probably not. And one dare not use the
words "creation," "intelligent," "fundamental," or "designer,"
for fear of confusion. We need to start afresh. My modest pro-
posal is to rename theistic evolution as Bios through Logos, or
simply BioLogos. Scholars will recognize bios as the Greek
word for "life" (the root word for biology, biochemistry, and so
Context:
Unfortunately, many of the nouns and adjectives that could
describe the rich nature of this synthesis are already freighted
with so much baggage as to be off-limits. Should we coin the
term "crevolution"? Probably not. And one dare not use the
words "creation," "intelligent," "fundamental," or "designer,"
for fear of confusion. We need to start afresh. My modest pro-
posal is to rename theistic evolution as Bios through Logos, or
simply BioLogos. Scholars will recognize bios as the Greek
word for "life" (the root word for biology, biochemistry, and so
Top answer
A place that is off-limits is a place you can't go to, for example "The army base is off-limits to civilians". By extension, a word that is off-limits is a word you can't use.
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A place that is off-limits is a place you can't go to, for example "The army base is off-limits to civilians". By extension, a word that is off-limits is a word you can't use.
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