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> Context is important. In written languages without word breaks, there's a particular problem with figuring out where one word stops and another begins; I wou
by dthunt 13y ago
> Context is important.
In written languages without word breaks, there's a particular problem with figuring out where one word stops and another begins; I would offer that this is a related problem to this adjective ordering problem.
In practice, with adequate experience, a party who is not trying to be intentionally confusing will generally avoid constructions he knows to be ambiguous.