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Marius Hancu

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Dec 1, 2008, 8:19:04 AM12/1/08
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Hello:

How strong is
"he had no notion of"
does it mean
"he simply couldn't accept the idea of?"
or is it softer?

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[June insists to make a "bad" marriage and her grandfather doesn't like it.]

He had hardly seen anything of her since it began. A bad business! He
had no notion of giving her a lot of money to enable a fellow he knew
nothing about to live on in idleness.

The Man of Property, by John Galsworthy, p. 22
http://www.online-literature.com/john-galsworthy/forsyte-saga/3
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Thanks.
Marius Hancu

John O'Flaherty

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Dec 1, 2008, 8:52:06 AM12/1/08
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On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:19:04 -0500, Marius Hancu <NOS...@videotron.ca>
wrote:

Here it means he had no intention of giving her any money, etc. More
commonly, or modernly, "had no notion of" means that a concept is
unknown.
--
John

Peter Duncanson (BrE)

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Dec 1, 2008, 8:54:49 AM12/1/08
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On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:19:04 -0500, Marius Hancu <NOS...@videotron.ca> wrote:

>Hello:
>
>How strong is
>"he had no notion of"
>does it mean
>"he simply couldn't accept the idea of?"
>or is it softer?
>

"He had no idea of"
or
"He had no intention of".

His attitude was such that this idea did not enter his mind or that if it did
he would reject it.

>-------
>[June insists to make a "bad" marriage and her grandfather doesn't like it.]
>
>He had hardly seen anything of her since it began. A bad business! He
>had no notion of giving her a lot of money to enable a fellow he knew
>nothing about to live on in idleness.
>
>The Man of Property, by John Galsworthy, p. 22
>http://www.online-literature.com/john-galsworthy/forsyte-saga/3
>-------
>
>Thanks.
>Marius Hancu

--
Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.usage.english)

Glenn Knickerbocker

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Dec 1, 2008, 8:55:50 AM12/1/08
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On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:19:04 -0500, Marius Hancu wrote:
>"he simply couldn't accept the idea of?"
>or is it softer?

Stronger. He wouldn't even entertain the notion.

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Marius Hancu

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Dec 1, 2008, 9:01:26 AM12/1/08
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On Dec 1, 8:52 am, John O'Flaherty <quias...@yeeha.com> wrote:

> >How strong is
> >"he had no notion of"
> >does it mean
> >"he simply couldn't accept the idea of?"
> >or is it softer?
>
> >-------
> >[June insists to make a "bad" marriage and her grandfather doesn't like it.]
>
> >He had hardly seen anything of her since it began. A bad business! He
> >had no notion of giving her a lot of money to enable a fellow he knew
> >nothing about to live on in idleness.
>
> >The Man of Property, by John Galsworthy, p. 22
> >http://www.online-literature.com/john-galsworthy/forsyte-saga/3
> >-------
>
> Here it means he had no intention of giving her any money, etc. More
> commonly, or modernly, "had no notion of" means that a concept is
> unknown.

That's exactly what I had in mind.

Thank you all for clarification.
Marius Hancu

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