In summary, the objections build on the idea that "if" in English does not always express a uniform kind of condition.
The VV compounds combine two synonyms (or antonyms) to represent a functionally uniform kind of emotion, which is semantically more homogeneous and time-stable.
There is no uniform kind of feminism in the same way there isn't a "typical" kind of feminist.
The classes into which we sort things are in most cases "natural" classes, classes whose membership is in some important sense uniform—"kinds".
Although this program was by no means finished by the time of Newton's death, Newton's optical research had revealed, for example, that light has an internal constitution characterized by the proportions, in it, of the distinct homogeneal (or "uniform") kinds, which have different degrees of refrangibility (Schliesser 2004).
If you have a bunch of Iraqis in uniform, some kind of uniform that's not American uniform, and they are armed, wandering around inside Baghdad, you would think that they would be a potential target for either British or American forces.
The girls are technically pretty in a uniform, Sloaney kind of way, while the men are more varied, falling into three main categories: dull preening James Blunt types, dull preening indie types, and simpering ruddy-cheeked oafs who look like they're about to pull a pair of underpants over their head and run around snorting like a hog in a bid to impress a blind-drunk debutante.
The original gabbers had their own uniform, a kind of Lowlands take on the scally look: tracksuits from the sportswear brand Australians, number 0 hair-dos.
-What will they wear (if uniforms, what kind)?
The conversation turned to a new restaurant that had just opened, three stories high and full of restaurant theatre (specially designed uniforms, that kind of thing).
They slipped out of what Mr. Goffman called the "situational harness" of business uniforms, the kind that clearly convey what you do.
