jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 8 个月前Does “and” really mean “and”? Not always, the Supreme Court rules.www.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down13
arrow-up1139arrow-down1external-linkDoes “and” really mean “and”? Not always, the Supreme Court rules.www.motherjones.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 8 个月前message-square49fedilink
minus-squaregramathylinkfedilinkarrow-up14·8 个月前To be fair to Clinton he was clarifying on the timeframe intended by the statement because tense matters, e.g. “is, but at the time in question or is, as of right now” because English can definitely be ambiguous sometimes
minus-squarebaldingpudenda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·8 个月前Bill was a lawyer, he out-lawyered the lawyers and they got mad about it.
To be fair to Clinton he was clarifying on the timeframe intended by the statement because tense matters, e.g. “is, but at the time in question or is, as of right now” because English can definitely be ambiguous sometimes
Bill was a lawyer, he out-lawyered the lawyers and they got mad about it.