Stephen J. Turnbull writes:

 > It's usually helpful to assume that if you parse someone's statement
 > as nonsense, then probably you parsed it wrong.

Sorry, s/wrong/inconsistent with the statement's intended meaning/.

Obviously the statement was parsed correctly as English.  It's "wrong"
only in the sense that the conversation will usually move along more
quickly and productively if you try to reparse it meaningfully.


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