On 2005 Apr 13 , at 9:54 PM, Pierre Abbat wrote:
A cup is a handled container for liquids. I have a ceramic cup for drinking
and three measuring cups which are marked up to 250, 500, and 1000 ml (though
the small one actually can hold 300 ml). The big one says on the other side
"4 CUPS". If a cup can hold four cups, what's a cup?
We all know that some words have more than one meaning. Yes a cup (meaning a certain kind of container) can indeed hold several cups (meaning a unit of volume measure).
I can also have a yard (grassy area behind my house) that is several yards wide.
I can divide a time of some operation into one second (time unit) intervals and then describe what is happening "in the second second" (the time interval which is numbered "2" in the sequence of intervals).
I can even ask how many grams were in my Gram (my affectionate name for my grandmother).
Let's not play stupid and make things confusing when they're not.
Regards,
Bill (that's short for William, not the voucher for my purchase nor the beak of a bird) Hooper
Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA
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