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From: "Carol Simpson" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Sentence variable testator
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 16:57:25 -0800
References: <60.cf489f7.27f8a76d@cs.com> <5.0.2.1.0.20010401203741.02e3b2c0@127.0.0.1>


This may not be an error, but I always think that it is weird that the
occupation tag is also structured this way. ([P] <was|and [PO] were> [M]
<[D]> <[L]>) I can understand that it is possible to have more than one
principal, but I never do. In Cheri's example, I wonder if the error is
that you are not able to put someone in P2, for a sibling (especially twins,
or merely another child) who get adopted together.

Carol Simpson
Homer, Alaska

----- Original Message -----
From: Allen Mellen
To:
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: [TMG] Sentence variable testator


Cheri Casper wrote:
>And among other interesting things that frustrate TMG newbies are poor
>sentences. For example, the default sentence for an adoption is "[P]
><was|and [PO] were>adopted <[D]> <[L]>". Now why, for heaven's sake, is
the
>part about [PO] included when an adoption tag can only have one principal?

Presumably the answer is that it's an oversight. But take heart, that sort
of error is of precisely the type that could easily be fixed during the
testing phase of TMG5, but only if it's noted. Does anyone know of others
like that?

Allen

Allen Mellen -- New York, NY
http://www.geocities.com/allenmellen
http://www.geocities.com/allenmellen/tmg.html

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