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Ambiguity & logic

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From: Michael S. Schechter - ISR group...
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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From: isr@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Michael S. Schechter - ISR group account)
Subject: Ambiguity & logic 
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Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 92 17:52:46 EST
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