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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!olivea!pagesat!netsys!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!warwick!uknet!edcastle!dcs.ed.ac.uk!pdc
  2. From: pdc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Paul Crowley)
  3. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  4. Subject: Re: Words that are Opposites...
  5. Message-ID: <C1IznI.ACM@dcs.ed.ac.uk>
  6. Date: 27 Jan 93 18:35:41 GMT
  7. References: <1jpd6pINNf99@skeena.ucs.ubc.ca> <1993Jan26.101708.11988@netcom.com>
  8. Sender: cnews@dcs.ed.ac.uk (UseNet News Admin)
  9. Reply-To: pdc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Paul Crowley)
  10. Organization: Edinburgh University
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  13. Quoting scotty@netcom.com (J Scott Peter) in article <1993Jan26.101708.11988@netcom.com>:
  14. >Also, the phrase `in general' means both `always' (particularly in
  15. >mathematical texts) and `not always'.
  16.  
  17. Actually, a precise definition of what "in general" means in
  18. mathematical texts would be much appreciated by me, since I often find
  19. myself using context and severe subtlety to extract the meaning.  It
  20. doesn't seem to mean always, it seems you're allowed a few exceptions.
  21. "This is in general impossible" means that it's impossible for most
  22. problem instances.
  23.  
  24. I think.
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  26. \/ o\ Paul Crowley   pdc@dcs.ed.ac.uk \\ //
  27. /\__/ Trust me. I know what I'm doing. \X/
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