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- From: dcrosgr@uoft02.utoledo.edu
- Newsgroups: talk.rape
- Subject: Re: English AND Logic lesson for ataylor.
- Message-ID: <1992Aug29.011009.9762@uoft02.utoledo.edu>
- Date: 29 Aug 92 01:10:09 EST
- References: <ATAYLOR.92Aug28141928@gauss.nmsu.edu>
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- In article <ATAYLOR.92Aug28141928@gauss.nmsu.edu>, ataylor@nmsu.edu (Nosy) writes:
- >
- > Please examine the following sentences.
- >
- > "Mr. X did a stupid thing; his wallet was stolen".
-
- You ommitted something very important--the word "and".
-
- The sentence, if you are trying to paraphrase it what I have previously posted,
- should read:
-
- "Mr X. did a stupid thing, and his wallet was stolen."
-
- You could also paraphrase it as:
-
- "Mr X. did a stupid thing, and as a result, his wallet was stolen."
-
- In both of these, the 'thing' that is stupid is Mr. X's action. That does NOT
- equal:
-
- "Mr. X is stupid."
-
- Any more than saying:
-
- "Mr. X drove on a blue road."
-
- Equals:
-
- "Mr. X is blue."
-
-
- >
- > -----D. M. Cosgrove, providing an
- > example of how NOT to post to talk.rape
-
- You mean when stupid, pig-headed people like you have access to keyboards but
- not an understanding of English and logical equality?
-
- DC
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