If you heard these words, how would you interpret them?
"My dear, I don't give a d**n!
"It’s a far, far better thing I do than I have ever done."
In the first quote, Rhett Butler is responding to Scarlet O'Hare's complaint that she doesn't know where to go if he leaves her. (Gone With the wind.
The second quote is from Sydney Carton who is voluntarily going to the guillotine.Tale of Two Cities
As you can see, the content can't be understood unless the context is known.
"context affects content"
what does this mean
2 answers
Wonderful examples. In addition, did you try a good dictionary?
context = 1 : the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning
2 : the interrelated conditions in which something exists or occurs : ENVIRONMENT, SETTING
In other words = how the word (s) is/are used.
to affect = : to produce an effect upon: as a : to produce a material influence upon or alteration in <paralysis affected his limbs> b : to act upon (as a person or a person's mind or feelings) so as to effect a response : INFLUENCE
usage see EFFECT
In other words to cause something to change.
content = 1 a : something contained — usually used in plural <the jar's contents> <the drawer's contents> b : the topics or matter treated in a written work <table of contents>
2 a : SUBSTANCE, GIST b : MEANING, SIGNIFICANCE c : the events, physical detail, and information in a work of art; compare FORM 10b
3 a : the matter dealt with in a field of study b : a part, element, or complex of parts
4 : the amount of specified material contained :
In other words, the topic.
Sra
context = 1 : the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning
2 : the interrelated conditions in which something exists or occurs : ENVIRONMENT, SETTING
In other words = how the word (s) is/are used.
to affect = : to produce an effect upon: as a : to produce a material influence upon or alteration in <paralysis affected his limbs> b : to act upon (as a person or a person's mind or feelings) so as to effect a response : INFLUENCE
usage see EFFECT
In other words to cause something to change.
content = 1 a : something contained — usually used in plural <the jar's contents> <the drawer's contents> b : the topics or matter treated in a written work <table of contents>
2 a : SUBSTANCE, GIST b : MEANING, SIGNIFICANCE c : the events, physical detail, and information in a work of art; compare FORM 10b
3 a : the matter dealt with in a field of study b : a part, element, or complex of parts
4 : the amount of specified material contained :
In other words, the topic.
Sra