Fred Bone wrote:
> Well, yes. But on that argument almost all
> of the Dictionary is redundant.

I think I disagree.

Most of the dictionary defines the basic words implemented
in J.  The dictionary also includes some notes on grammar,
but the fact that the grammar is defined rather concisely
does not mean that the meanings of words are important.

> And I still don't see how you can tell from just the
> parsing rules that the rank will become the default
> rank for the verb whose definition is in the following
> lines. Let alone that this is the way to go about it.

I don't think you are meant to understand that just
from the parsing rules.

The parsing rules -- the grammar -- gives you the basic
patterns to understand the more involved concepts, but
you still need to understand what the words mean to make
sense of the resulting sentences.

But perhaps you really meant to be asking something else
and I'm just missing your point?

Thanks,

-- 
Raul


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