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other words (a) are merely subordinate to it; well and good! but the purport of the predication lies in the actual words in the sentence and never beyond it. Our suggested sense, however, goes entirely beyond this purport of the sentence and is, therefore, outside the pale of the primary sense. If you say that the purport of the sentence goes beyond the sense of the words in a sentence then anything would mean anythingwhich is absurd. If it is said that the primary sense extends to the sense even beyond the sense of the actual words in a sentence, then in "Man! a son is born unto you the joy which is felt by the man concerned would have to be included in the primary sense!! Thus even a would be eliminated. In the sentence, the word f is an obscene word, but there is obviously no primary sense here, for the two words are seperate.
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If only the primary sense is recognised, then the faults in a poem will always be permanent. But we know, for instance, that which is a fault in is an excellence in ft. But the strongest argument in favour of the suggested sense is that is always the same at all places and in all cases, but the suggested sense differs or varies with individuals or with the context. Thus, for instance,in asta: the primary sense is the sun has set', but the suggested sense is different with different men; for instance in the case of lovers it would mean this is the time for secret visits'; with the cowherds it would mean 'let us bring the cows home'; with the merchants and shopkeepers it would mean: let us now close the shops' etc etc.
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Thus, there is a wide gulf between the primary
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