Re: file type question
Re: file type question
- Subject: Re: file type question
- From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 08:06:49 -0700
On Thursday, October 9, 2003, at 07:42 AM, Doug McNutt wrote:
>
But did you mean to change "is" into "="? I confess I'm not sure
>
about the rules and have even tried "=="
set a to 1
set b to 1
(a is b) = (a = b)
--> true
>
but you should certainly try it with a Clintonian meaning of is.
Which of the following might that be?
be (homograph)
b" (verb) [was / were; been; beB7ing; am / is / are]
b equal
b exist
b occupy a certain place
b occur
b" (verbal auxiliary)
b -- used to show continuous action or to form the passive voice
is (D-z)B Pronunciation Key
v.
Third person singular present indicative of be.
[Middle English, from Old English. See es- in Indo-European Roots.]
Source: The American HeritageB. Dictionary of the English Language,
Fourth Edition
Copyright B) 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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be (beL)B Pronunciation Key
v. First and third person singular past indicative was, (wuLz, woLz; wIz
when unstressed)second person singular and plural and first and third
person plural past indicative were, (wC;r)past subjunctive were,past
participle been, (bD-n)present participle beB7ing, (beLJ<D-ng)first person
singular present indicative am, (aLm)second person singular and plural
and first and third person plural present indicative are, (C$r)third
person singular present indicative is, (D-z)present subjunctive be
v. intr.
1. To exist in actuality; have life or reality: I think, therefore I am.
2.
a. To occupy a specified position: The food is on the table.
b. To remain in a certain state or situation undisturbed, untouched, or
unmolested: Let the children be.
3. To take place; occur: The test was yesterday.
4. To go or come: Have you ever been to Italy? Have you been home
recently?
5. Used as a copula in such senses as:
a. To equal in identity: b To be a Christian was to be a Romanb (James
Bryce).
b. To have a specified significance: A is excellent, C is passing. Let
n be the unknown quantity.
c. To belong to a specified class or group: The human being is a
primate.
d. To have or show a specified quality or characteristic: She is witty.
All humans are mortal.
e. To seem to consist or be made of: The yard is all snow. He is all
bluff and no bite.
6. To belong; befall: Peace be unto you. Woe is me.
v. aux.
1. Used with the past participle of a transitive verb to form the
passive voice: The mayoral election is held annually.
2. Used with the present participle of a verb to express a continuing
action: We are working to improve housing conditions.
3. Used with the infinitive of a verb to express intention, obligation,
or future action: She was to call before she left. You are to make the
necessary changes.
4. Archaic. Used with the past participle of certain intransitive verbs
to form the perfect tense: b Where be those roses gone which sweetened
so our eyes?b (Philip Sidney).
--
"The optimist proclaims that this is the best of all possible worlds ;
and the pessimist fears this is true." --James Branch Cabell
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