FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoDawkin it for my AIlemmy.worldimagemessage-square163linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageDawkin it for my AIlemmy.worldFinjaminPoach@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square163linkfedilinkfile-text
I’m pulling the “twitter is a microblog” rule even though twitter is pretty mega now, hope that’s ok.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoWhat structure does it have? If there are two people talking in a fictional book, are they having a conversation, even though the two people don’t actually exist?
minus-squareutopiah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoNo it’s then a representation of a conversation, not a conversation.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months ago“Considering the conversation between Alice and Bob on page 73—” “Um, sorry, that’s incorrect, it’s a ‘representation of a conversation’, not a ‘conversation’.” I know this phrase gets used a lot, but you must be fun at parties.
What structure does it have?
If there are two people talking in a fictional book, are they having a conversation, even though the two people don’t actually exist?
No it’s then a representation of a conversation, not a conversation.
“Considering the conversation between Alice and Bob on page 73—”
“Um, sorry, that’s incorrect, it’s a ‘representation of a conversation’, not a ‘conversation’.”
I know this phrase gets used a lot, but you must be fun at parties.
Ad hominem, blocked.