Consider the example below taken from your fine
essay:
http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Essays/Inverted_Table#grade_and_sort
The train &.> works whether it is "isolated" or *not* but
verb trains need to be isolated. Right?
(<3 1 1 2) {&.> ,.each x
+------+-------+-+--+----+
|Wilson|Diana |1|23|1.25|
|Jones |Dakota |1|29|0.97|
|Jones |Dakota |1|29|0.97|
|Chan |Wilson |0|47|2.11|
+------+-------+-+--+----+
(<3 1 1 2) {(&.>) ,.each x
+------+-------+-+--+----+
|Wilson|Diana |1|23|1.25|
|Jones |Dakota |1|29|0.97|
|Jones |Dakota |1|29|0.97|
|Chan |Wilson |0|47|2.11|
+------+-------+-+--+----+
On Thu, 17 May 2007, Roger Hui wrote:
+ The observation in the last paragraph is incorrect.
+ A train is an isolated sequence, whether the
+ train is a sequence of verbs or adverbs and
+ conjunctions. This derives from a straightforward
+ reading of Section II f of the dictionary.
+
+
+
+ ----- Original Message -----
+ From: Brian Schott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+ Date: Thursday, May 17, 2007 2:30 pm
+ Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] getting nouns when I seek verbs, etc.
+
+ >
+ > Changing the subject slightly, and addressing mostly
+ > seasoned J users, another observation I made while viewing
+ > this Dictionary page is that only the verb trains, not the
+ > adverb or conjunction-noun or conjunction-verb trains,
+ > require "An isolated sequence" to be recognized by the J
+ > parser. That seems to be a distinction that I have not
+ > previously noticed, but employed often. Perhaps that subtle
+ > non-requirement would be a good addition to this Dictionary
+ > page.
+ >
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