I have not viewed the videos. I have read the text of the first link and there is a factual error:
The tricky part is that to be truly useful the adverb changes its action depending on what part of speech it is modifying ... This is incorrect because an adverb always modifies a verb, just like its most common use in English. I would also argue with your assertion that adverbs are tricky, but that's a matter of opinion. "Everyone" understands run quickly, eat quickly, talk quickly, etc. For the mathematically inclined you can also mention "function family". What _is_ tricky is the alternative model/explanation that adverbs replace. There you have to offer a tortured and intimidating explanation of function vs. operator, Heaviside operator, tensor analysis, etc. ----- Original Message ----- From: bob therriault <[email protected]> Date: Monday, November 22, 2010 9:33 Subject: [Jchat] A visual look at the Reflexive Adverb To: [email protected] > Greetings, > > I've posted two screencasts on the use of adverbs in J. > > The first is a look at J adverbs in general using ~ as an > example [1] and the second is a more specific look at the > Reflexive Adverb [2]. I look forward to feedback. > > Cheers, bob > > [1] http://bobtherriault.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/those-tricky- > adverbs/[2] > http://bobtherriault.wordpress.com/2010/11/22/reflexive-adverb- > monadic/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
