Re: Me and David C. Ullrich

In article <1128813176.238663.124430@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
<john_ramsden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I can safely say that everyone who speaks English in the whole
>world, except you, would agree they mean exactly the same.

I think that's an exaggeration. The expression "probability of A
given B" is not an expression that everyone is familiar with. A few
years ago there was a series of letters in one of the national
newspapers here about this problem, and it was clear that not
everyone took it the intended way.

The problem with the OP is not his initial misunderstanding, but
his attitude to someone who explained things to him.

-- Richard

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