[…] the word of. Although a small and common preposition, of has a knack for introducing ambiguity into English prose. As linguist Dallin D. Oaks has observed: “Many prepositions can in fact represent a variety […]
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[…] of the Church, 6:311. Smith, “King Follet Sermon.” Lorenzo Snow, “The Grand Destiny of Man,” Deseret Evening News 52, no. 207, Jul. 20, 1901, 22. Joseph Fielding Smith, “Exaltation: Joint Heirs with Jesus Christ,” […]
[…] visitations. These stories are stitched together (the word sutra means “thread” and is the root word for English words such as suture) that, when unfurled, reveal a larger cosmic pattern or theme. And there […]
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[…] rather than women. Two of them, Le Hahn and Nguyen Cam, were from Vietnam and spoke broken English. The willowy Elsa appeared to have taken them under her wing. According to her, their given […]