One thing, however, that it will be more dangerous to do, and that we are very prone to do, is to take it that we somehow know that the primary or primitive use of sentences must be, because it ought to be, statemental or constative, in the philosophers' preferred sense of simply uttering something whose sole pretension is to be true or false and which is not liable to criticism in any other dimension.

It [the guava fruit] bakes as well as a Pear, and it may be coddled, and it makes good Pies.

To our taste, the best way to dress the bulbs, and to free them from the marshy flavour they leave behind in the mouth, is to drain the water off several times in cooking them ; they then taste nearly like boiled celery, and may be very nourishing; but I would not be a Lotophagus here, for I had much rather eat potatoes with their jackets on.

Q. What is a Noun Substantive Proper? A. That which is proper to the thing which it betokeneth. Q. Give an Example of a Noun Substantive Proper. A. Eduardus is my proper Name.