Posted by gardenergirl on June 22, 2009, at 1:18:53
In reply to Re: Rules - What constitutes an infraction? » gardenergirl, posted by Amelia_in_StPaul on June 22, 2009, at 0:54:07
> I got what you meant. My point, by example, is that words have connotative and denotative meaning. So #1 and #2 are not mutually exclusive, at all.
And so if I were to reply with something like, "Gosh, you're so smart", how would you determine whether I am being sarcastic or sincere using just the words themselves?
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> > My point is that you can't have #1 and #2. You can't have it both ways. If you indeed want to only consider the words themselves, then you cannot make assumptions or inferences about tone and/or intent.
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