On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Henry Rich <henryhr...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > I think it's fair to say the Dictionary is misleading because > > a. it contains a line that is not true;
It's only "not true" when taken out of context -- you have to (a) ignore preceding material, and then (b) generalize a remaining statement and believe it covers the case treated by that preceding material This is somewhat like saying that a dictionary is wrong for claiming that "light" means "not weighing much" because someone who was not a native speaker was confused because they needed to treat a context having to do with illumination. It's only wrong if you overgeneralize. -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
