Ad in Latin
Can you find the "ad" in rapprochement? the state of cordial relations between the English and French language established a large presence of Latin roots in our daily life.
For instance the preposition ad, the comparative propius, and the verb ire found a way to merge, coalesce, and assemble: to go towards being more proximate, i.e. to approach.
Do it again, keep redoing it, and there you go, a reproach-less rapprochement is at hand. Ad transmogrified as ap.
The ad in advertisements tells us that we are expected to turn towards something, to aim ourselves in a specific manner. What we really need are automatic filters to devertise, exvertise, and abvertise. A human life cannot be lived well when constantly told to divert attention away from itself.
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