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Kent M Pitman  
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 More options Mar 17 2001, 4:42 am
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
From: Kent M Pitman <pit...@world.std.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 14:21:37 GMT
Local: Fri, Mar 16 2001 9:21 am
Subject: Re: ANSWER for Einstein's Riddle
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Erik Naggum <e...@naggum.net> writes:

> * Boris Schaefer <bo...@uncommon-sense.net>
> > Green      Blue    Red     Yellow   White

> > > The green house is on the left of the white house.

>   I read this differently, that the green house would be next to the white
>   house, on the left.

FWIW, my dialect would agree with Erik's reading, though a red flag would pop
up asking me if the speaker was sufficiently familiar with my dialect to
mean something so precise; I would probably raise my hand and ask a question.

(I'm curious if other English speakers make this subtle distinction regarding
"to" and "on", or particularly, if they don't.)


 
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