[Attempto] compound adverbs in ACE

Norbert E. Fuchs fuchs at ifi.uzh.ch
Mon Jul 12 21:06:34 CEST 2010


On 12 Jul 2010, at 20:38, Gabriele Kahlout wrote:

> Very-carefully would be just another adverb like in italian for example one adds "issimo" to emphasize a lot. Then an expression like:
> If someone drives Xissimo the he drives X. should do.

The problem of this solution is that you have to introduce this axiom for every adverb that you use.

> Though accepting very-carefully as the only solution would be a sacrifice. Is the problem of parsing extremely carefully one of concept/impossibility/technical difficulty or just time/priority?

In technical texts – the target of ACE – adverbs are not often modified by other adverbs. 

   --- nef


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