Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Colin J. Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>1. Why not treat '2 to 5' or '(2 to 5)' as a semi-open interval? >I intellectually understand that semi-open intervals >are the only way to go. But reading the words, the part >of my brain that speaks English cries out for a closed >interval. Bad brain.
My native British-English speaking brain has never been able to decide whether "to" indicates a closed or semi-open interval. Whenever I can get away with it, I've adopted the Americanism "through" (but always retaining that spelling) when describing a closed interval. -- \S -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.chaos.org.uk/~sion/ ___ | "Frankly I have no feelings towards penguins one way or the other" \X/ | -- Arthur C. Clarke her nu becomeþ se bera eadward ofdun hlæddre heafdes bæce bump bump bump
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