>>When English is puzzling there is an exception involved. It never fails and there are exceptions to the exceptions. :)
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>I can live with a few exceptions, it's the rules... like "any word will have at least three different meanings, depending". I think I have already mentioned the "electric pencil sharpener" which is an useless gadget, because everyone knows the electric pencils don't need to be sharpened at all. Or why do you "toss the salad", when it's actually other stuff tossed on it, and then the stuff is called dressing - so what would a "salad dressing gown" be? Btw, what are the gowns which are not for dressing? And then, when you want to buy one, you can try it out in a fitting room, so you will feel fit, and have a fit when you realize they're not selling fittings there and you have a plumbing problem. Or you have a drinking problem but are not sure what does your problem drink. Or if you smoke, the cigarette smokes as well, so you have an identity problem (like "who's the smoker here?"). Or if there's a problem with pipelining in your processor, do you nead a (lead) pipe? Where does that lead
>get you?
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>The final stage of computing will happen when AI manages to understand English without ambiguity :).

Dragan;

Accountants and attorneys in English speaking countries have something in common. Someone might say to an accountant about a company’s books, “what do all these numbers mean”? The accountant will say, “what would you like it to mean”? An attorney when asked about the definition of a term will reply, “what would you like it to mean”? Two types of sharks in different bodies of water. :)

Tom