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Quote: consider quus which is 5 if either summand > 57; it could be '+' if we hadn't seen any summands > 57
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I, like almost all English speakers, use the … One point is crucial to my 'grasp' of … determines my answer for indefinitely many new sums … learning to add I grasp a rule: my … … [p. 8] Now suppose I encounter a bizarre skeptic. … Perhaps, he suggests, as I used the term … In the past I gave myself only a … So perhaps in the past I used 'plus' … [which equals 5 if either summand is 57 or greater]. … [p. 9] Now if the skeptic proposes his hypothesis … is absolutely wild. Wild it indubitably is, no … past usage that can be cited to refute … Google-1 Google-2
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