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to their own general sense (harap ), the suggested sense which goes even beyond the particular meaning or even the purport of the sentence can never be expressed by the primary sense; even according to Bfaalfaaaaifa:, suggested sense, therefore, must be regarded as entirely different from the primary sense.
There are others who may be regarded as the extremists in the faalfata1a4rei camp: they say that there should not be any limit to primary sense which can be safely extended even to the purport of the whole sentence. But here obviously they are open to the fault of 777124112, for unless they definitely decide the meaning of the words in a sentence first of all, they can not say what is the purport of the sentence and unless they know the purport of the sentence ( arii) they cannot assign any definite sense to the words.
There are others, who say that the primary sense is just like an arrow capable of penetrating to any depths. Why then needlessly regard such a thing as suggested meaning ? Let the primary sense stretch itself to that length and serve the purpose of the suggested sense.
To this HERE retorts by saying that the dictum “247THEYHYETITÙ LE Hengfazaa” quoted in support of their own view by these men is entirely mis-interpreted by them. The meaning of this dictum is this:--In a sentence there are some words that do not predicate anything new about the subject, while there are others that definitely predicate something new about the subject. This predication is or must be regarded as the purport of the whole sentence. Now this predication (pou ) is the principle thing in a sentence and
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