Re: Expressing fractions

From: Lee Sau Dan (danlee_at_informatik.uni-freiburg.de)
Date: 01/10/05 

Date: 11 Jan 2005 00:55:19 +0800

>>>>> "Peter" == Peter T Daniels <grammatim@worldnet.att.net> writes:

    Peter> Jordan Abel wrote:
>>
>> On 2005-01-09, Peter T. Daniels <grammatim@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>> >> > And that doesn't go just for scientists -- the Statue of
>> Liberty isn't >> > "rusty."
>> >>
>> >> I'm not sure i follow your logic - copper carbonate can't be
>> >> called "rust" because that would result in the application
>> >> of such an unfavorable adjective as "rusty" to something we
>> >> should respect for what it stands for?
>> >
>> > My "logic" is that the SoL is the biggest copper thing we can
>> be pretty > sure LSD is familiar with; it's green; it didn't
>> get that way by > rusting.
>>
>> yes it did. [the point being you can't use that claim to prove
>> that it's not rust]

    Peter> The English word "rust" is not used of copper. It is used
    Peter> of iron.

Yeah. I thought "to rust" could be extended to cover the corrosion of
copper and other metals, much like "rusty" for my English. It turns
out to be not the case.

I meant "to corrode". This verb can be used with all metals. And
even rocks! :) 

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