It's The Independent of South Africa -- online www.iol.co.za > An unfortunate inversion of events has > occurred, according to The > Independent of 20 March, Hazel Parry notes - there isn't a Hazel Parry who writes for the Indy (UK) not that that affects the implicature problem - On Sun, 27/3/11, Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx <Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx <Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx> > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Brit tourist suspected to have been murdered after > being ... > To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Sunday, 27 March, 2011, 17:43 > > > In a message dated 3/26/2011 3:36:21 P.M., jejunejesuit.geary2@xxxxxxxxx > > writes: > Don't know nothing about ["after" being] no > "truth-functional". > > ----- This gave me the clue. By replacing 'after' by > 'before' we get a > more impeccable version than the one McEvoy finds > impeccable: > > > 2. A British tourist who have been missing for five > days in Hong Kong is > suspected > to have been murdered BEFORE being found dead. > > ---- In this way, we avoid the unwanted implicature that > he was murdered > on top (i.e. after) being found dead. And so on. > > ---- Speranza > ----------- my last, third, post today. This is a lazy > afternoon but not > THAT lazy. > > ---- > > An unfortunate inversion of events has > occurred, according to The > Independent of 20 March, Hazel Parry notes: "A > British tourist who > has been missing for five days in Hong Kong is > suspected to have > been murdered after being found dead, police said > Sunday." > -------------- in M. Quinion, online, World Wide > Words > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, > vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html