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Tim August 29th 13 02:21 AM

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On Tuesday, August 27, 2013 7:40:54 PM UTC-5, F. O. A. D. wrote:
Tim wrote:

On Tuesday, August 27, 2013 7:11:22 AM UTC-5, F.O.A.D. wrote:




... A sign from that mysterious imaginary being of mythology and


superstition ...




Which one?




All of them.


Then why didn't you say something to the effect of- " ... 'sign[s] from 'those' imaginary being[s]...?"



F.O.A.D. August 29th 13 02:36 AM

Do I need this?
 
On 8/28/13 8:21 PM, Tim wrote:
On Tuesday, August 27, 2013 7:40:54 PM UTC-5, F. O. A. D. wrote:
Tim wrote:

On Tuesday, August 27, 2013 7:11:22 AM UTC-5, F.O.A.D. wrote:




... A sign from that mysterious imaginary being of mythology and


superstition ...




Which one?




All of them.


Then why didn't you say something to the effect of- " ... 'sign[s] from 'those' imaginary being[s]...?"





Tim, I'm not writing garden-path sentences. The imaginary being(s) are
all part of the conceptions of a god, the god, gods, whatever, all part
of the same sort of superstition.

Tim August 29th 13 02:40 AM

Do I need this?
 
On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 7:36:48 PM UTC-5, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 8/28/13 8:21 PM, Tim wrote:

On Tuesday, August 27, 2013 7:40:54 PM UTC-5, F. O. A. D. wrote:


Tim wrote:




On Tuesday, August 27, 2013 7:11:22 AM UTC-5, F.O.A.D. wrote:








... A sign from that mysterious imaginary being of mythology and




superstition ...








Which one?








All of them.




Then why didn't you say something to the effect of- " ... 'sign[s] from 'those' imaginary being[s]...?"












Tim, I'm not writing garden-path sentences. The imaginary being(s) are

all part of the conceptions of a god, the god, gods, whatever, all part

of the same sort of superstition.


But still, it doesn't make sense at least to me why you'd write singular then plural- back and forth etc.


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