[Attempto] or is interpreted as inclusive or , or xor?

Norbert E. Fuchs fuchs at ifi.uzh.ch
Sun Jul 11 09:21:43 CEST 2010


On 11 Jul 2010, at 09:12, Gabriele Kahlout wrote:

> So this could mean that a customer could insert 2 cards before inserting a code  in 
> A customer inserts a VisaCard or inserts a MasterCard, and inserts a code.
> Wasn't natural language or mostly xor?

Not in our experience. We checked naturally occurring "either-or" on the web, and found that in most cases it did not mean exclusive or, but emphasis.

   --- nef


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