Sabri Oncu wrote:
>
> >
> Dear Carrol,
>
> Why are you being so picky? Look, we the non-native speakers are
> not as good as you are in this bloody language, O.K.? To some of
> us, including myself, there is not much difference between
> necessity, certainty and the like.
That's the trouble -- there isn't much difference for the English
speaker _either_. :-)
And I would also wager that _similar_ confusion exists in other
languages as well, because the distinction in reality is cloudy enough
to generate endless difficulty in finding the words that will state it
clearly.
>
> By the way, I understand you quite well:
I'm not surprised. The distinction is as important as it is cloudy -- so
one can catch it even if the words are wrong.
Carrol
>
> Please accept my apologies Chris because of my unnecessarily
> critical words about your statements regarding strange
> attractors. In reality, I knew what you meant perfectly.
>
> Best,
> Sabri
