Re: One-To-One Relationships
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:58:34 -0400
Message-ID: <47505d5d$0$5287$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>
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> I don't mean to start yet another meta-discussion, but the term "noun" is
> more useful in the grammatical analysis of Latin than of English. As
> somebody else said, any noun can be verbed in English. In particular,
> nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs are distinguished from each other
> more by context and function than by differences in form.
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> When English first began to be studied from a grammatical point of view,
> the grammars of Latin and Greek, which had been honed to a fine state,
> were applied whole hog to English. Not necessarily a good fit.
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:58:34 -0400
Message-ID: <47505d5d$0$5287$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>
David Cressey wrote:
> "paul c" <toledobythesea_at_ooyah.ac> wrote in message
> news:ZTX3j.7775$UQ1.5775_at_pd7urf1no...
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>>JOG wrote: >>... >> >>>Anything that can be described as a noun is an entity in my book, >>>whether abstract or not. We must be able to describe them by their >>>attributes, and identify them by one attribute that is consistent over >>>the lifetime in the universe of discourse. That's my take. >>>... >> >>Not to brag, but in my haphazard quest to discern only the essential, I >>have wondered too about the possible importance of nouns. Can't prove >>it but I'm pretty sure any set of domain values can be turned into a >>noun, eg., "red" becomes "redness". Same for a "relationship entity". >>I'd say "noun" is an improvement over "entity" if that might make it >>more obvious that most logical system doesn't need to understand English >>grammar. But it also seems like a risky invite for more >>mountain-building by the techies with ulterior motives who like to turn >>nouns into verbs, eg., "architect".
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> I don't mean to start yet another meta-discussion, but the term "noun" is
> more useful in the grammatical analysis of Latin than of English. As
> somebody else said, any noun can be verbed in English. In particular,
> nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs are distinguished from each other
> more by context and function than by differences in form.
>
> When English first began to be studied from a grammatical point of view,
> the grammars of Latin and Greek, which had been honed to a fine state,
> were applied whole hog to English. Not necessarily a good fit.
If only I were able to find a use for the subjunctive and the reflexive, I would avail myself of both. Received on Fri Nov 30 2007 - 19:58:34 CET