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Article #2791Re: Repeated "and"
From: GuildMaster Arrataz
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 00:00
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 00:00
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No. That's what induction is for. Given a sentence from Person A with n ands, I can reply with a sentence of k*n ands (where k is a constant). Then I prove that 1 and is acceptable, such as "Dogs And Fish are animals." Thus, using induction, k*n*p is possible, where p is any integer you choose, and as p--> infinity, the number of consecutive ands --> infinity. QED. (Math Major...) GMA Garry Knight wrote: > > On Sat, 6 Feb 1999 21:56:22 -0000, "Dave" <PiperMcDuff@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > Mark Dawes wrote in message <79hveq$jlr$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk>... > > > > > >But > > >this starts to get somewhat unbelieveable, especially when the publican > > >writes back again to say ... ] > > > Unbelievable yes, but would this form theoretical proof of a grammatically > > accurate sentence with an infinite number of ands lined up after each other? > > Wouldn't it take an infinite amount of time to prove this, though? > > -- > Garry Knight > garry@garryknight.freeserve.co.uk -- To Reach me, remove the obvious from my email addy.
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