Date:  Fri, 8 Dec 1995 11:38:59 -0500

From:  "H Stephen STRAIGHT (Binghamton University,

     SUNY)" <sstraigh[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]BINGSUNS.CC.BINGHAMTON.EDU>

Subject: Re: Perspective on/of



Okay, I'll chime in. The following sentence reveals to me that on and of

are not simply US vs UK allomorphs of a single morpheme.



They adopt the perspective of Martian scientists on issues of linguistic

difference.



It appears that for me "perspective of X" means "perspective taken by X"

while "perspective on X" means "perspective taken about X". I'd be

interested to know how a Brit would phrase the above.

H Stephen STRAIGHT            Binghamton University (SUNY)

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