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08-Sep-2008, 22:53
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| |  as the staging ground for his supposed madness
In the sentence below, what does "staging ground" mean?
He's reading, all right, but he's doing it for show, using the interiority of reading as the staging ground for his supposed madness. |
08-Sep-2008, 23:02
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| | Re: as the staging ground for his supposed madness
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Originally Posted by dilermando  In the sentence below, what does "staging ground" mean?
He's reading, all right, but he's doing it for show, using the interiority of reading as the staging ground for his supposed madness. | Staging ground is the starting point. It is a place where something is planned or initiated!
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08-Sep-2008, 23:02
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| | Re: as the staging ground for his supposed madness
Basically it means the stage on which he demonstrates his madness. | | The Following User Says Thank You to Anglika For This Useful Post: | |
08-Sep-2008, 23:04
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| | Re: as the staging ground for his supposed madness
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Originally Posted by amigos4 Staging ground is the starting point. It is a place where something is planned or initiated!
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Amigo | I think this is a staging post. Do you have a reference for your definition? |
08-Sep-2008, 23:14
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| |  Re: as the staging ground for his supposed madness
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Originally Posted by Anglika I think this is a staging post. Do you have a reference for your definition? | From staging post definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta staging post
U.K. place where travelers stop briefly: a place where people on a long trip stop off to take a break from travel, especially on an air route |
08-Sep-2008, 23:23
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| | Re: as the staging ground for his supposed madness
I would be interested to see Amigos's source for his definition of staging ground. |
09-Sep-2008, 01:43
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| | Re: as the staging ground for his supposed madness
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Originally Posted by Anglika I think this is a staging post. Do you have a reference for your definition? | Hi, Anglika!
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary: staging ground - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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09-Sep-2008, 12:02
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| | Re: as the staging ground for his supposed madness
Thanks, Amigo - it was the only dictionary I hadn't checked out! | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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