Fraser Jackson wrote: > Ric has posted a modification of Devon's Vocab page. If the > objective is to have something clearer to the beginner, then the > page needs complete consistency and some additional guides as to its > structure.
As a J neophyte, two suggestions come to mind for this project based on my experience thus far: (1) put groupings of verb, adverb, and conjunction primitives on SEPARATE pages because each part of speech performs a different function (2) put the monadic and dyadic treatments (definitions and examples) of each primitive on two SEPARATE pages Regarding the first item above, this is NOT to say that there can't also be a "master index" page that contains everything, like the current "Vocabulary" page. The second item above would be helpful because the J dictionary currently treats primitives as language homographs (look the same but have different meanings), having all meanings combined on the same entry. Some dictionaries actually separate homographs into separate entries (sometimes numerically superscripted or subscripted). Though the monadic and dyadic forms of a primitive may be similar or related, they are still TWO DIFFERENT THINGS and ought to be separated, just as inflected primitives are separated from each other. (In other words, "verb y" has a different meaning from "x verb y", just as "verb" and "verb." and "verb:" have different meanings from each other, though often related.) I realize longtimers are used to this, but, for beginners, the current situation adds unnecessary confusion. It's "overloading", which is often frowned upon when it comes to clarity. Harvey ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
