On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 6:09 PM, Sherlock, Ric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Conjunctions and adverbs apply to noun or verb arguments; a conjunction > may produce as many as four distinct classes of results." > > These tells me that an adverb can apply to a noun as well as a verb, but > don't tell me what the result is. > > Can anyone confirm or correct my interpretation?
Yes. An adverb can produce a result that is a noun, a verb, an adverb or a conjunction. Here are some examples: anoun=: 0 : averb=: 3 : anadverb=: 1 : aconjunction=: 2 : And here are some example uses: 'abc' anoun # 'abc' anoun '1+y' averb '1+y' averb 1 2 'u/y' anadverb + 'u/y' anadverb 1 2 'u :v' aconjunction # 0 'u :v' aconjunction 'def' # 0 'u :v' aconjunction 0 ghi ) > Can you point me to a dictionary reference? For what, exactly? For the definitions involved? Those would be the definitions of the specific adverbs or conjunctions in question. There's http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/dictc.htm which covers some basics. There's http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/dicte.htm where the rule for Bident allows for ( CAVN CAVN ). Also the dictionary contains examples of adverbs defined from nouns combined with conjunctions. For example: http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/intro15.htm And, of course, http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/dictf.htm includes the text that you had already mentioned. Is something missing? -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
