Sujet : Re: The philosophy of computation reformulates existing ideas on a new basis ---
De : anw (at) *nospam* cuboid.co.uk (Andy Walker)
Groupes : comp.theoryDate : 06. Nov 2024, 15:03:58
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On 05/11/2024 09:46, Mikko wrote:
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But your comment about "distiction" is clearly false. My comment was
about statments but yours was about those how make mistakes and
those who wilfully mislead. A sentence does not make mistakes and
does not wilfully do anything.
Indeed. So until it gains context it /cannot/ [in British English,
I claim no specific expertise in other dialects] be a lie. It /can/ be
more-or-less unconditionally false [eg in the "usually obvious" meaning],
but that is not enough. IOW, your initial claim [that "there is no clear
advantage in saying that the statement was not a lie until someone stated
it"] is, IMO, incorrect; the advantage is correct use of English, and in
particular avoiding insults until the context becomes clear. [I think I've
made my point enough; I don't propose to continue this thread if you or
others wish to have the final say.]
-- Andy Walker, Nottingham. Andy's music pages: www.cuboid.me.uk/andy/Music Composer of the day: www.cuboid.me.uk/andy/Music/Composers/Balakirev