What I was saying was not so much a series of statements leading to a conclusion as a summary of my use and insight into using scanners. Information, discussion perhaps, not really argument in this literal sense.
Argument, when used in the context of talking about a discussion, nearly always connotates some element of debate or persuasion. You didn't have to mean to imply that, it's the common use of the word that does. That's why it seemed odd to refer to my statements as my 'argument': I wasn't providing points of logic leading to a conclusion or debating against some hypothesis I disagreed with. On Wednesday, July 28, 2010, Boris Liberman <bori...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 7/27/2010 8:16 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > I didn't think it was an argument, Boris. Just information. > > > From Merriam Webster on the web: > > argument: a coherent series of statements leading from a premise to a > conclusion. > > I used "argument" as a synonym to "reasoning"... In no way did I imply an > argument as in: "a reason given in proof or rebuttal" or in " discourse > intended to persuade". All quotes of course are from the same Merriam Webster > page. > > The more English language I know/learn the more increasingly difficult it > becomes to use it. > > Boris > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
