April 25, 2022
5:59 a.m.
Stephen J. Turnbull writes:
It's usually helpful to assume that if you parse someone's statement as nonsense, then probably you parsed it wrong.
Sorry, s/wrong/inconsistent with the statement's intended meaning/. Obviously the statement was parsed correctly as English. It's "wrong" only in the sense that the conversation will usually move along more quickly and productively if you try to reparse it meaningfully.