Alexander Terekhov <terek...@web.de> writes: > David Kastrup wrote: > [...] >> Whatever. When quoting isolated sentences, you better pick those with >> grammar reflecting what you consider their meaning. > > LOL. Dak are you really sure that your German is more correct than the > German of http://www.bundesgerichtshof.de?
If the meaning is the one you think it is and we are talking about that particular sentence, _and_ your attribution to the BGH as source is accurate (for which I don't see any evidence but consider possible), yes. Figuring out that the grammatic gender in this sentence does not match your interpretation is something that primary school should teach any reasonably apt pupil. Since the sentence makes more sense given your interpretation rather than the one implied by its grammar, I will agree that _if_ it originated from the BGH, it is likely that it was _intended_ to mean what you think, and that the judges (or scribes) failed in the grammar rather than the logic department. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
