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ilogical resteraunt menu
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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