| Topic: |
Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"Wen-King Su" |
| Date: |
22 Aug 2003 06:03:57 PM |
| Object: |
Re: zero godz |
In a previous article "Bob White" <threeball@hotmail.com> writes:
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:"Wen-King Su" <wen-king@myri.com> wrote in message
;news:bi5rvj$p62@neptune.myri-local.com...
:> In a previous article "Bob White" <threeball@hotmail.com> writes:
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:> ;
;> :"sparkup" <junksender888@hotmail.com> wrote in message
:> ;news:V2r1b.28611$pK2.44746@news.indigo.ie...
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:> ;>
;> :> Bob White wrote:
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;> :> > "Martin" <ignore@interchange.ubc.ca> wrote in message
:> ;> > news:bi0k1f$htr$1@nntp.itservices.ubc.ca...
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:> ;> >
;> :> >>...
:> ;> >>Since "might" is used as a synonym of "may", and (by you) as a
;> :> >>synonym for "probably" it fails to tell us why we should think "may"
:> ;means
;> :> >>the same as "probably".
:> ;> >>...
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;> :> > The terms are synonymous, knucklehead. Get back to us after you
:> ;understand
;> :> > the meaning of the term, 'synonym'.
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;> :> Nope..they are not.
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;> :> Probable: Likely to happen or be true.
:> ;> Possible: capable of happening or being true
;> :> May: used to indicate a certain measure of possibility
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:> ; synonyms : terms with the same or similar meanings
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:> ;www.m-w.com
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:> ;may : ... sometimes used where might would be expected
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:> ;www.m-w.com
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;> :may : ... used nearly interchangeably with can -- used to indicate
:> ;possibility or probability <you may be right>
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:> ;www.m-w.com
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:> ;might : used in auxiliary function to express permission, liberty,
;> :probability, possibility
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;> :www.m-w.com
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;> :See where you are mistaken, knucklehead?
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;> Don't see anywhere it says may and probable are synonyms.
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;They have the same or similar meanings, knucklehead. Remember what the term,
:'synonym' means?
Didn't see where it says "may" and "probable" have similar meaning
either. What is your point?
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