2008/12/12 Thomas Dalton <[email protected]>: >>> Next, let's say that if A-B and B-C are connected, then A-C >>> are too. >> >> No. That's only generally true for equality relations. >> >> Equivalence relations are not equality relations. > > Actually, transitivity is a requirement for an equivalence relation. > (In addition to symmetry (A~B => B~A) and reflexivity (A~A for all > A).)
Ok, I used the wrong phrase, but it's still very much the case that the interlanguage relationship definitely isn't transitive, and he's assuming it is. -- -Ian Woollard We live in an imperfectly imperfect world. Life in a perfectly imperfect world would be much better. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
