I don't disagree with him, but one cannot generalise from a couple of superficial examples. From Wordnik.com. [Why we like reading novels] Reference
"Don't come here and generalise again," Ralane said. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
It is idiotic to generalise from one personal experience. From Wordnik.com. [Red Pottage] Reference
And upon creatures male she early proceeds to generalise. From Wordnik.com. [The Kempton-Wace Letters] Reference
Man, like woman, is too big a subject to generalise about. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
There you are - another 'Alex' for you to generalise about. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
"Still, you shouldn't generalise too widely," urged the other. From Wordnik.com. [Austin and His Friends] Reference
Nevertheless I do submit that it is unwise to generalise about Africa. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
They generalise and theorise without any interference from fact or truth. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
I didn't generalise and say all moderate drinkers are wasting their lives. From Wordnik.com. [Persistence Unlimited] Reference
We all generalise from time to time, but isn't that just a tad too sweeping?. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
BUT WE DO KNOW there are good Americans its a shame we generalise or categorize. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » ‘Tens of Thousands’ of Somalians Demonstrate Against U.S. Support for Militias] Reference
"There tends to be a tendency to generalise as far as evictions are concerned.". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
It's why the people in our community use words like LGBT if we're trying to generalise. From Wordnik.com. [Add two more names to the list of gay superheroes | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment] Reference
"Perhaps, though," Hilda hurried on with a pang, "we generalise too much about the men.". From Wordnik.com. [Hilda A Story of Calcutta] Reference
To tell somone that what he has said is a load of bulshit is not to generalise about him. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
I had not sufficient knowledge to generalise as far as you do about colouring and nesting. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1] Reference
People must not just generalise about corruption but must give facts and report the matters. From Wordnik.com. [THE ARRESTS OF SUSPECTS] Reference
It was a pity he was trying to generalise a single case in which a worker had been assaulted. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Common sailors will generalise in the profoundest way about Irishmen, and Scotchmen, and Yankees, and. From Wordnik.com. [A Modern Utopia] Reference
Ralane urged all provinces to embark on a full audit of municipal skills "so we don't just generalise". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
And you generalise even further by claiming that anyone not believing and thinking as you do is not sane. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Steven Weinberg and Abdus Salam in independent works to suggest a model that would generalise the model above. From Wordnik.com. [Forces] Reference
It is just not possible to generalise about the practise or the professionalism of policing in either the US or the UK. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
What some find stressful, others find energising, so it isn't possible to generalise about the causes or cures for stress. From Wordnik.com. [China suicides show the terrible toll that stress can take] Reference
I know it's wrong to generalise, but I wouldn't deal with anyone from Nigeria as I don't trust them .. and for good reason. From Wordnik.com. [October 2008] Reference
It makes mathematical sense to generalise and generalisations are appropriate if democracies get the governments they deserve. From Wordnik.com. [Post NIE-tal Thoughts...Congressional Medals of Honor, Journalistic Testicles, Impeachment Urgency and Pelosi's Treason.] Reference
If we were forced to generalise about the families of these people, then 'middle-class' would not be the most fitting of terms. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
"That point gets missed too often by the media which tends to generalise about the leadership of the SADF, for example," he said. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
He urged Daun not to generalise from the situation in Zimbabwe, pleading that it was unique and in the process of being addressed. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
As soon as you generalise, you are in a completely different universe than that of literature, and there's no bridge between the two. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-12-01] Reference
If you want to generalise on what is going on in Canada, today, I think you could use the illustration which is often used in business. From Wordnik.com. [The Next Hundred Years] Reference
I get a bit worried about that we start to generalise why people are learning, and that the best way to do so is to become someone else. From Wordnik.com. [I is for Identity « An A-Z of ELT] Reference
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