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Originally Posted by falco10291029
Defining a sentence means explaining what it means
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No, not really. It's impossible to define a sentence; it's just a composite of individually-defined items.
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You are insulting my English abilities?
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Obviously. Are you going to claim that you are more skilled with the language than I?
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But by taking other meanings for words, ones that are EQUALLY correct[...]
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At its core, this isn't even a matter of semantics - it's more an issue of logic. But if you really want to take that route then fine. You just have to present me with a dictionary entry for 'have' that is equivalent to 'own, where the scope of objects is limited to those standardly found within the skull of an average member of the same group as the owner'.
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A sentence's meaning depends on how you look at the words
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Of course it does. But all language has a finite degree of flexibility, or it becomes useless. Poor articulation cannot simply be blamed on the reader.