On Fri, 2 Aug 2002 15:32:53 -0600, Katrina <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Cure means whatever I want it to mean, and you must always look at the >context to guess what I mean by it. According to that, if I say only: " I am cured " then "cured" could mean "very ill and about to die", since that could be "what I want it to mean" and it is entirely sensible in the context, which in this case consists entirely of two words and one punctuation mark. PS I think it is time to throw out your language, semantics and philosophy texts and get new ones. -- Cheers, Ken [log in to unmask]