Re: Definitions of terms that have bothered Mark Hubey

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From: Peter Christian
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 20:20

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In-Reply-To: <1993Jan8.002157.20841@leland.Stanford.EDU> alderson@cisco.com (Rich Alderson)


> regular:  Predictable by historical or comparative expectation.

I'm not querying the definition, but some people might be a bit
baffled by the use of the word `predictable' refering to something in
the past, where prediction in the normal sense doesn't apply. Perhaps
you could add an extra gloss, something along the lines of:

   `occurring (generally!) without exception in identical
   circumstances'

Peter
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Peter Christian                         
  Dept of European Languages              peter@gold.ac.uk
  Goldsmiths' College, London.            petex@cix.compulink.co.uk
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