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Author: Tony
Born and raised in Malaysia between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Educated at Wycliffe College in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, England. Living in the foothills of Mount Etna since 1982 and teaching English at Catania University since 1987. View all posts by Tony
Ingliando 
I think that 1492 should be celebrated as a milestone in human civilization, not only for the discovery of the so-called New World but also for the affirmation of science against the false religious construction of the universal system.
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What exactly are you referring to in the second case, Giuseppe?
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I mean that Cristoforo Colombo arranged the celebrated exploration to demonstrate, as stated by Copernico (Ferrara University) and Galilei (Pisa University), that Earth was an ordinary spheric planet going around the sun. This scientific statement rejected the religious position that Earth and humans were at the center of the universe, as God’s favorite entities.
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Ah! Now all is clear! Thank you. I thought he went to convert the heathen to Christianity and to hunt for treasure for the Spanish monarchy! 😉
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They were the official targets for getting ships and crews.
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😉👍
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iN INDSIGHT WE CAN consider IT absolutely true , in the same respect, we could also comment on R. Kipling’s The white man’s burden referred to the Indians ( not Redskins, though)
By the way, every time I go to the UK , which I do every year; I find the possessive genitive less and less used, especially in the plural. How come the English do not love it any longer ?
Carla
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I’m afraid I haven’t been back to England for some time now, Carla, so I can’t really comment on the Saxon genitive question. I’ll ask my brother-in-law and see what he has to say.
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Here is my brother-in-law’s reply:
“As Wodehouse said : ‘His having noticed a lack of use or misuse that is hardly pertinent is himself guilty of misuse of his time and constraint of a language noted for its natural amendment by usage.’
🙂
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