> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Raul Miller
> On 6/8/07, Sherlock, Ric wrote:
> > but I don't really understand what exactly spread is doing. 
> I'd really 
> > appreciate a more detailed explanation if you're willing.
> 
> The verb spread applies gerunds (left arg) to items (right arg)
> It's a dyad (4 :''), the dyad applies a gerund to its right 
> arg (x`:6 y) and atoms from the left arg get applied to items 
> from the right ("0 _1)
...
> Good enough?  Or is there something I should cover in greater depth?

That's great thanks Raul. It all became much clearer once I realised
that `:6 was "evoke gerunds as a train". I was trying to interpret the
colon as "dyad"!

Ric
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