Below  -@|./  means  (-@|.)/  .  This "chain" has a total of two adverbs or 
conjunctions.  I personally am uncomfortable with "chains" that have more than 
three.

   -@|./ 1 2 3
3
   -@(|./) 1 2 3
_3

What is in your personal book about writing J?

Kip Murray

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On Feb 3, 2013, at 4:43 PM, km <[email protected]> wrote:

> Strunk and White begin "The Elements of Style" with "Elementary Rules of 
> Usage", for example using
> 
> It's a wise dog that scratches its own fleas
> 
> to illustrate the difference between it's and its.
> 
> 
> In J we could use
> 
>     +: - -: 12
>  _12
>     (+: - -:) 12
>  18
>  
> to illustrate the difference between  f g h y  and  (f g h) y  .

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