"As a rule" - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

drigel · 09-09-2005, 06:57 AM

To me it connotes (intened or not) a sense of depth to the subject of the sentence. Well, at least when the sentence is describing a social or cultural subject. Sort of a historical depth device. We do something, we figure out which is the best way to do this something, and so we wind up doing something this way "as a rule".

09-09-2005, 06:57 AM	#13
drigel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: commonplace city Posts: 518	To me it connotes (intened or not) a sense of depth to the subject of the sentence. Well, at least when the sentence is describing a social or cultural subject. Sort of a historical depth device. We do something, we figure out which is the best way to do this something, and so we wind up doing something this way "as a rule". Last edited by drigel; 09-09-2005 at 11:28 AM.