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"Nearby" means it's located a short distance away.

.... and what is "short"? A distance which is nearby?

What you intended it to mean is irrelevant.

Unless one wants to communicate.

Minimum IFR altitudes apply to IFR operations without regard to IMC or VMC.

I believe I said that, or something consistant with that.

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... and what is "short"? A distance which is nearby?


Short is having little length; not long.



Unless one wants to communicate.


Wanting to communicate is one thing, having the ability to do so is another.



I believe I said that, or something consistant with that.


You're mistaken.

Short is having little length; not long.

....and what is long? "Not short"?

Wanting to communicate is one thing, having the ability to do so is another.

One of us lacks that ability. I won't speculate on which one that is.

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...and what is long? "Not short"?


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



One of us lacks that ability.

Correct.



I won't speculate on which one that is.


It is you.

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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.

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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.

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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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.