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Re: METAGRAM -- Pt. 2 (and triggers too)

From:Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...>
Date:Thursday, December 18, 2003, 19:16
--- Caleb Hines <cph9fa@...> wrote:

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> -------------------- > (I) Extraneous words >
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> > <Mary> John {coming{to supper, during tonight}} > "Mary, John is coming to supper tonight."
"Mary" is not extraneous. It informs us that Mary is being addressed, or that what is said is being told to Mary. Thus: "Mary, John is coming to supper tonight." becomes telling( to Mary, that {coming{ who John, to supper, during tonight}} Or expressed in a slightly different syntax: telling( TO.Mary, THAT.{coming{ WHO.John, WHERETO.supper, TIME.tonight}} Just a thought. --gary