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<LI><em>From</em>: Jp Calderone <<A HREF="mailto:exarkun#flashmail,com">exarkun#flashmail,com</A>></LI>
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Travis S. Casey wrote:
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> How can "get the red box" be misunderstood, unless there is more than one
> red box in the area? Or "put the red sword in the box on the table"?
> (Again, unless there's more than one sword, or more than one box on the
> table, or more than one table that has a box on it.)
>
[snip]
Point for the ambiguity argument - Does "put the red sword in the box on
the
table" mean put the red sword you are holding/carrying in the box on the
table or put the red sword that is in the box onto the table?
Jp Calderone
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00395" HREF="msg00395.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00403" HREF="msg00403.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00389" HREF="msg00389.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
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