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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Jose" wrote in message
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...and what is long? "Not short"?


Long is having the greater length of two or the greatest length of
several.


Incorrect, that's longer, i.e. there are two long runways but one is
longer than the other, or two short runways with one longer.

Having the greater length of several is "longest".

long longer longest

"Chris" wrote in message
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Incorrect, that's longer, i.e. there are two long runways but one is
longer than the other, or two short runways with one longer.


Wouldn't the longer of the two be the long one?



Having the greater length of several is "longest".

long longer longest

They're not my definitions, your argument is with a dictionary.

Long is having the greater length of two or the greatest length of several.

No, it isn't.

It is you.

Apparantly not.

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"Jose" wrote in message
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No, it isn't.


According to dictionaries it is. Why don't you tell the dictionary
producers they're wrong?



Apparantly not.


It clearly is.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Chris" wrote in message
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Incorrect, that's longer, i.e. there are two long runways but one is
longer than the other, or two short runways with one longer.


Wouldn't the longer of the two be the long one?

Nope the longer of the two would be the longer one. They could both be long
ones, but only one can be longer.

"Chris" wrote in message
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Nope the longer of the two would be the longer one. They could both be
long ones, but only one can be longer.


Then the dictionary producers got it wrong. Perhaps you'd like to inform
them?

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Chris" wrote in message
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Nope the longer of the two would be the longer one. They could both be
long ones, but only one can be longer.


Then the dictionary producers got it wrong. Perhaps you'd like to inform
them?

get an English dictionary

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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Chris" wrote in message
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Incorrect, that's longer, i.e. there are two long runways but
one is longer than the other, or two short runways with one longer.


Wouldn't the longer of the two be the long one?

Nope the longer of the two would be the longer one. They could both be
long ones, but only one can be longer.

The longer of the two could still be short. If the longer was only 500',
I would still call that short. It's longer, but short. Or you could say
the other one was the shorter one. But you don't have to call me Ray.

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Stan

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." B. Franklin

One is subjective, the other is objective. What some people think is
long, others would say is short. Longer or longest can be measured,
howeever.

Some people would say this thread is long. Some would even say too
long.

It is certainly longer than it needs to be, and a shorter thread would
have been bettter.

But it's not the longest thread I've ever seen, nor is it certainly
the shortest.

But then, my memory is short. I often wish it were longer.




On 11 Apr 2005 06:15:53 GMT, Stan Gosnell wrote:

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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Chris" wrote in message
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Incorrect, that's longer, i.e. there are two long runways but
one is longer than the other, or two short runways with one longer.


Wouldn't the longer of the two be the long one?

Nope the longer of the two would be the longer one. They could both be
long ones, but only one can be longer.

The longer of the two could still be short. If the longer was only 500',
I would still call that short. It's longer, but short. Or you could say
the other one was the shorter one. But you don't have to call me Ray.

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Some people would say this thread is long. Some would even say too
long.

It is certainly longer than it needs to be, and a shorter thread would
have been bettter.

But it's not the longest thread I've ever seen, nor is it certainly
the shortest.

But then, my memory is short. I often wish it were longer.


Your memory is neither long nor short. Memory has no length. It simply has
purpose, the operation of remembering.

Time, arguably, has length. It is true that memory may be able to operate
only on the recent past time-span, and not on the long past time-span as
well ....but what is worse: even if it can operate on a long past time-span,
that operation may be innacurate.

:-)