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Subject: Re: "A is B" - which is subject ?
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: >Language is not logical like mathematics. In language you can get away
: with  
: >anything. 
: > 
:  
: Only so long as it is reasonable (thus logical). 

No. You don't have to be reasonable in language. Listen to any
talk radio or tv show.

You have to be comprehensible. That's all. Otherwise you're
babbling. 
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