What gives this zeugma its flavor of oddness is that one of the meanings of the verb “restore” that it depends on is “to return something that has be… - Douglas Hofstadter

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What gives this zeugma its flavor of oddness is that one of the meanings of the verb “restore” that it depends on is “to return something that has been lost”, while the other meaning used is “to make something regain its former, more ideal state”, and although these two senses of the same word are clearly related, they are just as clearly not synonymous.

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About Douglas Hofstadter

Douglas Hofstadter (born February 15, 1945) is a mathematician, cognitive scientist, and Pulitzer Prize winning author.

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Native Name: Douglas Richard Hofstadter
Alternative Names: Douglas R. Hofstadter

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