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> ... 25 initial signatories — all Fields Medallists — As a non-native English speaker, I initially understood this to mean that all living Fields Medallists h
by rossant 23d ago
> ... 25 initial signatories — all Fields Medallists —
As a non-native English speaker, I initially understood this to mean that all living Fields Medallists had signed. I later realized that it meant only that all the signatories were Fields Medallists.
(Apparently, there are 47 living Fields Medallists today.)
- warkdarrior 23d agoYeah, it was a bit ambiguous. They should have picked better wording, one of the following would do to clarify. > ... 25 initial signatories — all of them Fields Medallists — OR > ... 25 initial signatories — all of the living Fields Medallists — The first one is what they meant.
- zeroonetwothree 22d agoIf I said “I ate 7 cookies, all chocolate chip” surely it wouldn’t be ambiguous? :)