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Re: DTD Notation raises a question
- From: John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>
- To: Colin Muller <colin@durbanet.co.za>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 23:05:11 -0400 (EDT)
Colin Muller scripsit:
> The first two, perhaps (one could perhaps arrive at a contorted
> exception), but:
>
> "Subacute spongiform encephalopathy, named after ... the name of which
> gives a concise description ..."
> "Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, named after ... the name of which
> illustrates the common practice in the medical research world of ..."
Yes, but that is (hidden) quotation. You might as well argue that
"George" and "George" are distinct, given the contexts:
George is the subject of this sentence.
This sentence uses George as the object of a verb.
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John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
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