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

From:Joshua Shinavier <jshinavi@...>
Date:Friday, December 11, 1998, 10:22
> > > Take my favourite example : *the nice dancer* = the agent > > > who dances well or the person who is nice. You choose either > > > the noun or the verb *hidden* inside the the noun. > > > > This problem is easily handled algebraically. > > see ? ;-)
Ooh, mathematical thought! Ban it! Burn it! Math is evil! Logic, ach! Save us from precision; it destroys creative thought, right? JJS, who happens to be an artist :-)