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| Nominal Animal:
In human text, square brackets are often used within quotes to indicate uppercase/lowecase initial change (when around a single letter), replace or clarify indirect and implicit references, or to add clarifications like [sic] (to indicate an error in the original). In general, it specifies a difference to the exact original. For example, if I said "I like apples. I know it is said that eating one a day keeps the dogtor away.", one can quote me precisely using "[I]t is said that eating one [apple] a day keeps the dogtor [sic] away." You can find this in several style guides, I believe. |
| IDEngineer:
Completely agree, for regular writing! But I thought the context here was software. |
| cv007:
--- Quote ---read the menu .......Fish with chips and salad or vegetables. Because logical complements ( not ) are performed first, logical conjunctions ( and ) are performed next, and logical disjunctions ( or ) are performed next. so menu should read...........Fish with chips, AND salad OR vegetables --- End quote --- You created the same menu- your fellow lawyers will still read it wrong, and the normal person who had no problem before will now be thoroughly confused. A simple word swap would probably satisfy anyone- Fish and chips with salad or vegetables |
| xrunner:
--- Quote from: cv007 on January 28, 2024, 02:38:07 pm --- --- Quote ---read the menu .......Fish with chips and salad or vegetables. Because logical complements ( not ) are performed first, logical conjunctions ( and ) are performed next, and logical disjunctions ( or ) are performed next. so menu should read...........Fish with chips, AND salad OR vegetables --- End quote --- You created the same menu- your fellow lawyers will still read it wrong, and the normal person who had no problem before will now be thoroughly confused. A simple word swap would probably satisfy anyone- Fish and chips with salad or vegetables --- End quote --- People are already brain-trained to know what type of "variable" the foods in a menu are If you think of programming, then menu "variables" in people minds are these types main_meal side_dish drink dessert So we have these variables already set up in people's wetware (brain) and the brain knows what to do with them when a menu is read - main_meal fishAndChips; side_dish salad, vegetables; drink coke, tea, water; So when they see Fish and chips with salad or vegetables They know what the variable types are already and can decode it easily. It decodes to - main_meal + (side_dish || side dish); Sortof like that. It's already set up in the brain (for most people). |
| coppice:
--- Quote from: xrunner on January 28, 2024, 03:04:22 pm --- --- Quote from: cv007 on January 28, 2024, 02:38:07 pm --- --- Quote ---read the menu .......Fish with chips and salad or vegetables. Because logical complements ( not ) are performed first, logical conjunctions ( and ) are performed next, and logical disjunctions ( or ) are performed next. so menu should read...........Fish with chips, AND salad OR vegetables --- End quote --- You created the same menu- your fellow lawyers will still read it wrong, and the normal person who had no problem before will now be thoroughly confused. A simple word swap would probably satisfy anyone- Fish and chips with salad or vegetables --- End quote --- People are already brain-trained to know what type of "variable" the foods in a menu are If you think of programming, then menu "variables" in people minds are these types main_meal side_dish drink dessert So we have these variables already set up in people's wetware (brain) and the brain knows what to do with them when a menu is read - main_meal fishAndChips; side_dish salad, vegetables; drink coke, tea, water; So when they see Fish and chips with salad or vegetables They know what the variable types are already and can decode it easily. It decodes to - main_meal + (side_dish || side dish); Sortof like that. It's already set up in the brain (for most people). --- End quote --- Americans have been trained to think "entre" on a menu doesn't mean the starters. :) |
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