Re: No more PREVIOUSLY ON LOST

Bev Vincent seemed to utter in
news:NX0Vj.3245$3O7.1146@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 

> 
> 
> "Tim Witort" <tim_witort@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> news:Xns9A99654021A62timwitortwrotethis@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Bev Vincent seemed to utter in
>> news:xqYUj.3067$nW2.86@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>> <remysun2000@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> news:ca6aac2b-75d8-4c76-aafd-e654a2156740@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> .. 
>>>> The last two episodes had no recaps. What gives?
>>>
>>> Trying to make the most out of the foreshortened season, I'd guess.
>>> Valuable screen time used to advance story rather than recap.
>>
>> Sorry, your use of "foreshortened" here made me chuckle.
>> I know you meant "shortened", but considering the meaning
>> of "foreshortened" it's sorta funny.
> 
> Foreshortened: To reduce the length of; curtail or abridge. To reduce
> in scope while retaining essential elements.
> 
> I know about the artistic meaning of the word, too.

Right.  I've never heard "foreshortened" used in any context
except in the description of the artistic technique of 
showing perspective. Every definition I've read of the
word lists this as the primary meaning of the word.  Some
definitions might list something like your description
as a secondary, non-standard meaning.

-- TRW
_______________________________________
t i m  .  w i t o r t
_______________________________________