Re: Values have types ??

From: Alfredo Novoa <alfredo_at_ncs.es>
Date: 15 Sep 2003 09:58:57 -0700
Message-ID: <e4330f45.0309150858.79d83dff@posting.google.com>

"Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_golden.net> wrote in message news:<S297b.716$Rp.68680822_at_mantis.golden.net>...

> I don't find anything inelegant or fuzzy about the verb to have.

I should say ambiguous.

I have a house
I have a brain (like new :)
I have a girlfriend
I have a headache
I have doubts
I have that kind of behavior
I have an argument
I have a lunch
etc

Which have is yours?

> Relation is actually more elegant and proper. Relationship is usually
> reserved for relations among people, but english speakers find relationship
> very familiar and relation quite strange. Most english speakers are more
> familiar with the noun relation as a synonym for the noun relative.

Thanks for the clarification

Regards
Alfredo Received on Mon Sep 15 2003 - 11:58:57 CDT