As a Lojban enthusiast, I can sympathize with the interest in a disambiguated grammar. --Sean
On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 22:40, Roger Hui <[email protected]> wrote: > Ambiguous? Deal with it, as with many things > in English (and other natural languages), from context. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: bill lam <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, September 3, 2009 18:53 > Subject: Re: [Jchat] Description of J > To: [email protected] > > > I guess while 'cannot' is old-style but 'can not' may be > > ambiguous, eg > > I cannot agree > > I can not agree > > > > the second sentence may mean I have the option of 'not agree', > > may be > > in newspeak > > I can notagree > > > > On Thu, 03 Sep 2009, Roger Hui wrote: > > > I myself have been on a crusade to replace "cannot" by "can not". > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Sean Stickle 202-701-8353 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
