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Pro's And Con's
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What the heck, I have no clue what words Pro and Con are part of.... Or if they even are... Someone educate me. =]  |
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Re: Pro's And Con's
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._. Er, well, they're derived from the Latin phrase "pro et contra" meaning for and against. The English language has taken these words, I guess, and used them for roots for words as well as the phrase in general. Pro isn't abbreviated but contra is but there is also a root that is just plain "con" which means with or together. (=.= I'm surprised I remember this from school.) I'm no expert on words but the Latin root "pro" is well, "for" as stated above. Examples are promote, propaganda Contra=Against Examples: Contradict, conflict Con examples: Console, construct Source |