comex on Mon, 5 Jan 2009 16:21:58 -0700 (MST)


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Re: [s-d] [s-b] Bums Consultation.


On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Jay Campbell <bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Paragraph breaks don't matter. Witness:
>
> A man may wear a coat. A man may wear a hat. A woman may remove his coat.
>
> Sometimes it is snowing.
>
> If it is snowing, a woman may not remove his hat.

These paragraphs are confusing and awkward and are unambiguous only
because there is no other interpretation.
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