Comments on: Allude and Elude http://www.dailywritingtips.com/allude-and-elude/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:41:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: Karthik Hariharan http://www.dailywritingtips.com/allude-and-elude/comment-page-1/#comment-200372 Karthik Hariharan Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:54:07 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=3604#comment-200372 I think the writer was reaching for the word "elucidated". Probably teh writer must have thought Elude is a short form for elucidate but wouldnt have expected it conveyed a completly different meaning. Elucidated - Means Clarify/Explain I think the writer was reaching for the word “elucidated”. Probably teh writer must have thought Elude is a short form for elucidate but wouldnt have expected it conveyed a completly different meaning.
Elucidated – Means Clarify/Explain

]]> By: Maeve http://www.dailywritingtips.com/allude-and-elude/comment-page-1/#comment-200165 Maeve Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:03:29 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=3604#comment-200165 Priscilla, "Elicited" would not work at all. Elicit means to draw out. Charlie Rose was eliciting information from Reid. Priscilla,
“Elicited” would not work at all. Elicit means to draw out. Charlie Rose was eliciting information from Reid.

]]> By: Priscila http://www.dailywritingtips.com/allude-and-elude/comment-page-1/#comment-200079 Priscila Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:54:36 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=3604#comment-200079 Well, maybe the writer was searching for "elicited" instead of "alluded" (elicited in the video). What do you think about it? Well, maybe the writer was searching for “elicited” instead of “alluded” (elicited in the video). What do you think about it?

]]> By: Brad K. http://www.dailywritingtips.com/allude-and-elude/comment-page-1/#comment-200065 Brad K. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:08:16 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=3604#comment-200065 My Chambers dictionary defines allude as (in part), vi (with _to_) to convey an indirect reference in passing; to refer without explicit mention or with suggestion of further associations; to refer. [Latin - alludere, from _ad_ at, _ludere_, _lusum_, to play] Allusion n. indirect reference Allusive adj. alluding, hinting, referring indirectly; canting (heraldry) I think it is the hint, the suggestion of further associations that I associate with allude. I might have used "described" or "presented" instead of eluded in the quote. Reid spends a couple of minutes on the character and nature of LinkedIn and Facebook, though the description of MySpace is somewhat limited. My Chambers dictionary defines allude as (in part), vi (with _to_) to convey an indirect reference in passing; to refer without explicit mention or with suggestion of further associations; to refer. [Latin - alludere, from _ad_ at, _ludere_, _lusum_, to play]

Allusion n. indirect reference
Allusive adj. alluding, hinting, referring indirectly; canting (heraldry)

I think it is the hint, the suggestion of further associations that I associate with allude.

I might have used “described” or “presented” instead of eluded in the quote. Reid spends a couple of minutes on the character and nature of LinkedIn and Facebook, though the description of MySpace is somewhat limited.

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