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Re:Recursive language and modern imagination acquired 70k ye... by mannykannot on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @02:25PM (#20627965)
Substitute 'my' for the 'a's?
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Re:Recursive language and modern imagination acquired 70k ye... by kazinator on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @02:26PM (#20627984)
You can't be randomly substituting words for other words (let alone ones with different lexical categories) and keep claiming that you have the same parse tree!
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Re:Recursive language and modern imagination acquired 70k ye... by mannykannot on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @03:02PM (#20628376)
Agreed, and of course the meaning also changes - What I mean is that you can have a different example that makes the point while avoiding this particular issue.
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