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Re:I Quit: What really goes on at Apple by coldtea on Thursday April 09, 2015 @02:16AM (#9346012)
>When someone says "any company", it's easy to interpret that as meaning "any company without exception". This is a very logical interpretation, but it is not necessarily reasonable to interpret it that way.

Well, it's not logical at all in the common sense of the word logical. It's like you're talking to a compiler...

In casual conversation everybody understands that it doesn't mean "absolutely every company".

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Re:I Quit: What really goes on at Apple by mcherm on Thursday April 09, 2015 @08:47AM (#9347112)
> In casual conversation everybody understands that it doesn't mean "absolutely every company".

That's not true at all! There are lots of people (myself included) who tend to interpret things very literally, and would not recognize this subtlety. So not EVERY person understands that...

... oh. Never mind.

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Re:I Quit: What really goes on at Apple by bartlantz on Friday April 10, 2015 @02:56PM (#9356392)
Yes, actually it is logical in any conversation.
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