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Article #89Ambiguity & logic
From: Michael S. Schechter - ISR group...
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 22:52
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 22:52
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Personnaly, I think "sumbunall" is handled by the various combinations of some/most/all quite well. The "All that glitters is not gold" problem is a severe one, but is caused , IMHO, by people not being careful in thier choice of words. If one (some!) wanted to be clear about this, it should be stated differently, on the other hand that makes for lousy literature. So, just as in the rest of life, one has to make trade-offs... Do I want to sound clear and unambigous, at the expense of sounding
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Newsgroups: alt.uu.future Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!sgiblab!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!news.ans.net!cmcl2!psinntp!psinntp!newstand.syr.edu!rodan.acs.syr.edu!isr From: isr@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Michael S. Schechter - ISR group account) Subject: Ambiguity & logic Message-ID: <1992Nov5.175247.17880@newstand.syr.edu> Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Date: Thu, 5 Nov 92 17:52:46 EST Lines: 11