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For example, Whether Shakespeare actually wrote the poem remains a moot point among critics, or It's a moot point whether the chicken or the egg came first. This term originated in British law where it described a point for discussion in a moot, or assembly, of law students. ... Mute point vs moot ...
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dictionary.reference.com/browse/moot+point
dictionary.reference.com/browse/moot+point
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This is the original phrase that has since been replaced by the obnoxious "mute point" by people with poor command of the classic English language.
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Oddly enough, a moot point can be a point worth discussing at a meeting (or in court)—an unresolved question—or it can be the opposite: a point already settled and not worth discussing further. At any rate, “mute point” is simply wrong, as is the less common “mood point.”...
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www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/mute.html
www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/mute.html
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Memory is not the same as history. --Peter Eisenman ... On a recent trip to Germany, I came across a number of small brass memorial markers, set into the pavement in front of a house on the Richard Wagner Strasse, just around the corner from my hotel in Cologne. ... There were twenty-two in all, each with the name of a person...
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www.thenation.com/doc/20051017/danto
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If one follows a pathway that dips to the field's lowest point, ... Because the aims of a memorial are by definition distinct from those of a work of art, the question naturally arises as to whether Eisenman's Minimalist, mute creation succeeds in evoking a historical tragedy as vast in scale as the Holocaust.
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www.thenation.com/doc/20051017/danto/2
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There is no such thing as a "mute" point - it's just wrong, really. I like the link from World Wide Words that actually takes the time to hypothesize where the phrase may have originated. But it's still wrong, so in your face, Grammar Slobs!
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www.dailyping.com/archive/2005/04/28/
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fist fights, mute point, movie script: Well I have to say it sounds like a comedy movie script. I know that people have no regard for others, and yes I have seen exactly what you experience.. But other than complaining to the city, I think that nothing will happen. ... More Towing Issues Answers; ... About Richard; Expertise;
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en.allexperts.com/q/Towing-Issues-1411/Idiots-keep-bloc...
en.allexperts.com/q/Towing-Issues-1411/Idiots-keep-blocking-driveway.htm
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mute point, service entrance, reccomendation: Always glad to help Randy. If you are anything like me, I have been totally revamping a 100 year old home since 1978, we are almost complete, every dollar needs to be spent wisely. ... i guess it's a mute point right now about istalling a box off the faul;ty wiring on the 220 line...
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en.allexperts.com/q/Electrical-Wiring-Home-1734/service...
en.allexperts.com/q/Electrical-Wiring-Home-1734/service-entrance.htm
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Actually it is a MOOT point, but the networks are MUTE on the outcome of these two states. ... Mute point ping ... Moot Point vs. Mute Point...
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www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/1269258/reply?c=34
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