Hucky
Member
- Joined
- Feb 15, 2011
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- German
- Home Country
- Switzerland
- Current Location
- Switzerland
Hi there again,
I`ve looked up the following entries (in their noun senses) 1) witness, and 2) testimony in almost all monolingual dictionaries. Most of them give as the meaning a person with No. 1) (except for a few), and a thing with No. 2). In addition, there are also corresponding phrases: 1a) to bear witness to, and 2a) to bear testimony to. In 1a) witness has apparently also a thing meaning. So, do the two phrases mean the same?
Language witnesses ahead and give testimony!
Hucky
I`ve looked up the following entries (in their noun senses) 1) witness, and 2) testimony in almost all monolingual dictionaries. Most of them give as the meaning a person with No. 1) (except for a few), and a thing with No. 2). In addition, there are also corresponding phrases: 1a) to bear witness to, and 2a) to bear testimony to. In 1a) witness has apparently also a thing meaning. So, do the two phrases mean the same?
Language witnesses ahead and give testimony!
Hucky