I thought “something or nothing” would be really good for quick understanding. If Something is really too long, how about Thing (vs Nothing)? Or if noun phrases really matter, how about Have or Got?
> On 21 Nov 2016, at 13:12, 'Andrew Radford' via Elm Discuss > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I dunno - I don't find either a clear winner over the other; years ago when I > came across 'Just' I was a little confused because it's not strictly the > opposite of 'nothing' when used in spoken English, it's normally used to also > express there is a limitation at work, in the presence of a greater > expectation. i.e it's a hungry man who says he has 'just peanuts' for lunch, > rather than 'some peanuts' > On the other hand, 'Some' is kinda annoying cause it usually implies a > plurality ie 'Some Peanut' sounds wrong. > > There are probably spoken languages out there that have the perfect words for > this concept. I'm not sure English is one of them. > > > On Sunday, 20 November 2016 23:54:04 UTC, Daniel Walker wrote: > `Just` seems the most natural to me. If I imagine myself explaining this to > someone: "So in this scenario, the thing is not nothing, it's just the thing." > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "Elm Discuss" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elm-discuss/EHnuE_gGFuo/unsubscribe > <https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elm-discuss/EHnuE_gGFuo/unsubscribe>. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Elm Discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
