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Re: Nouns, verbs, adjectives... and why they're p

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Thursday, December 10, 1998, 23:59
Mathias M. Lassailly wrote:
> Take my favourite example : *the nice dancer* = the agent who dances > well or the person who is nice.
Are there any *natural* languages that distinguish those two, or similar ambiguities? -- "We're not obsessed, we're focused!" - X-Philes' motto http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files ICQ: 18656696 AOL: NikTailor