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- Mon Apr 05, 2010 7:25 pm
- Forum: L&L Museum
- Topic: Non-possessable vs. Possessable Nouns
- Replies: 16
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I've always thought that "possessive" really should just mean "identified by a relationship to me (or you or him or them)", and not ownership in any sense. After all, one can imagine a discussion like this of two prisoners in a cruel jail: "What is your torturer doing to you?" "My torturer is (inser...
- Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:57 pm
- Forum: L&L Museum
- Topic: I wish English had a word for this!
- Replies: 333
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- Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:39 pm
- Forum: L&L Museum
- Topic: Weird phrases from real languages
- Replies: 323
- Views: 184852
I'm not sure this is in order here, as PL/I may not qualify as a 'real language', but I can't resist adding this one: IF IF = THEN THEN THEN = ELSE ELSE ELSE = IF; PL/I has no reserved words, so IF, THEN, and ELSE can be identifiers. Also, PL/I uses '=' for both assignment and equality. Thus, rewrit...
- Wed May 10, 2006 6:08 pm
- Forum: L&L Museum
- Topic: resources
- Replies: 722
- Views: 312055