Originally Posted By: tsuwm
Avy, the two citations break down like this:
The distinctions.. are discriminations among illusions.
and
the distinction.. is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

they both agree in number.
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to redline: A compound of red + line, recalling the frequent use of red pen or pencil to mark corrections on documents


Ah, but, redlining also has a mechanical application. It can refer to a piece of equipment being operated above the limits of safety, as for example, too many rpm or too little oil pressure in an automobile engine or too much air pressure in a steam boiler on a early riverboat or train engine.