Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!uhccux!lee From: lee@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Greg Lee) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: Re: Discovering What Nature Wants Message-ID: <5148@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> Date: 17 Oct 89 18:28:18 GMT References: <2450@munnari.oz.au> Organization: University of Hawaii Lines: 11 From article <2450@munnari.oz.au>, by ok@cs.mu.oz.au (Richard O'Keefe): " In article <1087@oravax.UUCP>, daryl@oravax.UUCP (Steven Daryl McCullough) writes: " > Common usage is " > consistent with this: people often say "this committee intends to ...", " ... " I'm afraid we can't appeal to common usage. ... Uncommon usage, then? I don't understand what else could possibly be involved here except usage. When do we or should we say: "___ intends ..."? Greg, lee@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu