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Assume v. Presume

"Passed away" is an acknowledged euphemism for "died". Staff in the care home I visit have abbreviated that to "passed", which doesn't work for me.
 
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Just thought it fit in this thread.
 
Trev said:
It works for me if you change the first vowel for another:D
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Always wondered what the pasta way was. I thought it might be connected with pastafarianism.

Now you tell me it is to do with urination???
 
dandnsmith said:
I don't agree.
Either implies more than one, and needs at least one or to follow it, but it can be the start of a multiple choice
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You're wrong. Or ignorant. Probably both.
Go and look it up in a dictionary.
Why do people INSIST on arguing about things which are FACTS?
 
In this case, the either was unnecessary as the alternatives were exclusive.

I used to worry about these distinctions but now I am more relaxed about them. It was clear what Ezra meant, and I would suggest that Either A or B or C be taken as a shorthand for Either A or (Either B or C).
 
gomezz said:
Or is a transitive operand so the positioning of the parentheses makes no difference to the meaning.
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It is true when only one of the alternatives is true, and the rest are all false. It is a symmetric and transitive relation, but is definitely not reflexive!
 
Bit dusty here. But is it from the Saharan Desert or the Sahara Desert?
 
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