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| MedeaLysistrata 12/22/19 9:32:50 PM #1: | Sender: "I don't like topic" What is the recipient of this message responding to? The sender, affixing the 'I' to themselves and predicating their dislike, or the expression of a universal 'I' that is singularized to denote the sender, in the next interaction? Case A: Sender: "I don't like topic" Receiver: "You don't have to" Case B: Sender: "I don't like topic" Receiver: [is put into the position of being the 'I' that doesn't like the topic] Language is clearly flexible enough that any answer can probably cover both cases, but is one case more correct than the other? --- "Why is ontology so expensive?" - JH [Is this live?][Joyless planet...] ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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