On 2007-09 -27, at 16:54, Pat Hayes wrote: > . Its hard to beat "thing" if we also say that we allow imaginary > and non-existent things. Yes. > And its harder still to beat "anything". > But then 'anything' isn't the same part of speech. 'thing' is a noun, but 'anything' is an implicitly universally quantified variable. (The Concise Oxford says 'pronoun or noun'). But you can't say 'the anything' or 'an anything' or talk about the "class of anythings". Thing wins for me. > Pat > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > IHMC (850)434 8903 or (650)494 3973 home > 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office > Pensacola (850)202 4440 fax > FL 32502 (850)291 0667 cell > phayesAT-SIGNihmc.us http://www.ihmc.us/users/phayesReceived on Friday, 28 September 2007 13:44:44 GMT
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