Wholegrain Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
I just noticed that "AND" can have two meanings
There is an inclusive AND and an exclusive AND
How do you know whether it is an inclusive AND or an exclusive AND if they are expressed by the same word?
I posted this earlier:
May reduce onset risk or symptoms of metabolic syndrome and diabetes.
Reduce the onset risk of any of the two diseases and reduce the symptoms present in both diseases?
and is used both as an "exclusive and" and an "inclusive and", which makes the sentence a poor one, agree or not?
How do you know whether it is an inclusive AND or an exclusive AND if they are expressed by the same word?
I posted this earlier:
May reduce onset risk or symptoms of metabolic syndrome and diabetes.
Reduce the onset risk of any of the two diseases and reduce the symptoms present in both diseases?
and is used both as an "exclusive and" and an "inclusive and", which makes the sentence a poor one, agree or not?
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symptoms of diabete and metabolic syndrome (symptoms present in both diseases) = inclusive AND
symptoms of diabete and metabolic syndrome (symptoms of either disease A or disease B) = exclusive AND
symptoms of diabete and metabolic syndrome (symptoms of either disease A or disease B) = exclusive AND
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