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Ask HN: How do you know that there is No Name in this sentence?
- PaulHoule 5y ago?
- modinfo 5y agoHow do you recognize if there is a human name in a sentence or not?
- PaulHoule 5y agoIt is a slightly ill-formed sentence already (should be "no name") but it is definitely ill-formed if you replace "No Name" with "Sam Beckett" or somebody else's name. If you replaced "sentence" with "fraternity" or some other collection of people that repairs it.
- icedchai 5y agoIf you don't recognize it immediately from previous experience, contextual clues from other words or capitalization are often a giveaway.