On 11/19/05, Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dave Land wrote: > > > >> "A specialist on torture" -- he/she should not be what we expect > >> when we hear this expression. Torquemada was a specialist on torture. > > > > I think Torquemada was a specialist *in* torture. > > > Ah, interesting. "a specialist in X" != "a specialist on X"? > A firefighter is a "a specialist on fire", and an arsonist > "a specialist in fire"?
A specialist on fire needs a fire extinguisher, quickly. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
