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Re: Negation?

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Thursday, July 8, 1999, 5:14
Ed Heil wrote:
> But I'm not sure how you could know *nothing but* the fact that it *did > not rain* by any means other than being told so in words.
Well, perhaps that was a bad example, but one way would be as you said, by observing that the ground is dry, or perhaps you had left a wheelbarrow out, and, if it had rained, there would be water in the wheelbarrow, or perhaps you saw that the precipitation the previous day was 0.00 inches. -- "If all Printers were determin'd not to print any thing till they were sure it would offend no body, there would be very little printed" - Benjamin Franklin http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Conlang/W.html http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ #: 18656696 AIM screen-name: NikTailor