What's your first answer to this problem?

[crazy canuck]

Math is hard.

Especially for a guy like Grumbler who takes on people like Max and DG who actually know about the subject.

[alfred russel]

It didn't make me feel better or worse, but it had to be done.  "Human beings" like you need to be denounced regularly.

I want to take this moment to denounce Benito Mussolini, Hirohito, Hugo Chavez, Dido, and the current roster of the New England Patriots.

[grumbler]

But according to Grumbler the + symbol always indicates a summation - or we are all hopelessly lost 

  I note that you are not quoting me there, but simply stating that I said something (something I never said, but I assume that you, like dguller, are more into "denouncing" than honesty).

It saddens me that a person who claims to teach didn't understand the point Max was making.  But I guess Grumbler never claimed to know anything about math.

I actually made Max's point before he did, and agreed with his point (barring a quibble about the use of the term 'grammar" to describe word/symbol meaning).  it saddens me that someone who claims to be a lawyer is so poor at reading comprehension.

[grumbler]

Math is hard.

The difficulty doesn't seem to be math, but rather reading.

[merithyn]

Grammar has a specific meaning in linguistics; it isn't a catch-all word that means whatever you want it to mean.

As a linguist, I can excuse your non-linguist misunderstanding of the term "grammar" (after all, you have probably seen a poster on the internet correct another poster's punctuation and seen them called "grammar police").  As an academic, I have to reject your misappropriation of the term "grammar" to describe a change in word meaning.  Grammar involves syntax and morphology, not definitions.  As a mathematician, I must reject your contention that there is a "grammar" that allows 2+5 to equal 12 in a base ten numbering system.  As a Languish poster, I am not surprised that you want to double down on your mistake.

I'm sorry your Linguistics for Dummies book took so long to arrive from Amazon. Too bad they don't have a kindle version.

Obviously, yours did arrive.  Too bad it didn't explain to you what grammar was.

Not sure if you're aware, Grumbler, but Max actually is a linguist. It's his area of study for his Masters.

[crazy canuck]

Math is hard.

The difficulty doesn't seem to be math, but rather reading.

We recognize the problem.

[Barrister]

Grammar has a specific meaning in linguistics; it isn't a catch-all word that means whatever you want it to mean.

As a linguist, I can excuse your non-linguist misunderstanding of the term "grammar" (after all, you have probably seen a poster on the internet correct another poster's punctuation and seen them called "grammar police").  As an academic, I have to reject your misappropriation of the term "grammar" to describe a change in word meaning.  Grammar involves syntax and morphology, not definitions.  As a mathematician, I must reject your contention that there is a "grammar" that allows 2+5 to equal 12 in a base ten numbering system.  As a Languish poster, I am not surprised that you want to double down on your mistake.

I'm sorry your Linguistics for Dummies book took so long to arrive from Amazon. Too bad they don't have a kindle version.

Obviously, yours did arrive.  Too bad it didn't explain to you what grammar was.

Not sure if you're aware, Grumbler, but Max actually is a linguist. It's his area of study for his Masters.

You might even say he is a cunning linguist?   

[DGuller]

but I assume that you, like dguller, are more into "denouncing" than honesty).

These are not mutually exclusive.  In fact, the reason I denounce you is precisely because I'm honest to a fault.

[crazy canuck]

Grammar has a specific meaning in linguistics; it isn't a catch-all word that means whatever you want it to mean.

As a linguist, I can excuse your non-linguist misunderstanding of the term "grammar" (after all, you have probably seen a poster on the internet correct another poster's punctuation and seen them called "grammar police").  As an academic, I have to reject your misappropriation of the term "grammar" to describe a change in word meaning.  Grammar involves syntax and morphology, not definitions.  As a mathematician, I must reject your contention that there is a "grammar" that allows 2+5 to equal 12 in a base ten numbering system.  As a Languish poster, I am not surprised that you want to double down on your mistake.

I'm sorry your Linguistics for Dummies book took so long to arrive from Amazon. Too bad they don't have a kindle version.

Obviously, yours did arrive.  Too bad it didn't explain to you what grammar was.

Not sure if you're aware, Grumbler, but Max actually is a linguist. It's his area of study for his Masters.

You might even say he is a cunning linguist?   

Not the Back Room 

[alfred russel]

Grammar has a specific meaning in linguistics; it isn't a catch-all word that means whatever you want it to mean.

As a linguist, I can excuse your non-linguist misunderstanding of the term "grammar" (after all, you have probably seen a poster on the internet correct another poster's punctuation and seen them called "grammar police").  As an academic, I have to reject your misappropriation of the term "grammar" to describe a change in word meaning.  Grammar involves syntax and morphology, not definitions.  As a mathematician, I must reject your contention that there is a "grammar" that allows 2+5 to equal 12 in a base ten numbering system.  As a Languish poster, I am not surprised that you want to double down on your mistake.

I'm sorry your Linguistics for Dummies book took so long to arrive from Amazon. Too bad they don't have a kindle version.

Obviously, yours did arrive.  Too bad it didn't explain to you what grammar was.

Not sure if you're aware, Grumbler, but Max actually is a linguist. It's his area of study for his Masters.

You might even say he is a cunning linguist?   

Not the Back Room 

Did you really mean, "not the back door"? 

[crazy canuck]

Grammar has a specific meaning in linguistics; it isn't a catch-all word that means whatever you want it to mean.

As a linguist, I can excuse your non-linguist misunderstanding of the term "grammar" (after all, you have probably seen a poster on the internet correct another poster's punctuation and seen them called "grammar police").  As an academic, I have to reject your misappropriation of the term "grammar" to describe a change in word meaning.  Grammar involves syntax and morphology, not definitions.  As a mathematician, I must reject your contention that there is a "grammar" that allows 2+5 to equal 12 in a base ten numbering system.  As a Languish poster, I am not surprised that you want to double down on your mistake.

I'm sorry your Linguistics for Dummies book took so long to arrive from Amazon. Too bad they don't have a kindle version.

Obviously, yours did arrive.  Too bad it didn't explain to you what grammar was.

Not sure if you're aware, Grumbler, but Max actually is a linguist. It's his area of study for his Masters.

You might even say he is a cunning linguist?   

Not the Back Room 

Did you really mean, "not the back door"? 

That wouldn't be very cunning 

[merithyn]

You might even say he is a cunning linguist?   

I might, yes.

[Eddie Teach]

It didn't make me feel better or worse, but it had to be done.  "Human beings" like you need to be denounced regularly.

I want to take this moment to denounce Benito Mussolini, Hirohito, Hugo Chavez, Dido, and the current roster of the New England Patriots.

Why Dido? She has a nice set of pipes.

[Valmy]

Why Dido? She has a nice set of pipes.

Well she did make an oath that led to the Punic Wars.

[The Brain]

What's wrong with Il Dolce?