In article om, (Doug Miller) wrote:
lets replace the sentence % of their goal with the word apple since
you've
accused me of comparing apples to oranges. you got it? the phrase "% of
their goal" shall be replaced by the word 'apple'. so to rephrase, the
article gives you the apple for one year, and gives you the apple for the
next year, and you cant say that the apple has gone down or is falling?

Your paraphrase conceals the problem, because it obscures the fact that
the
goals themselves, and any change in them from one year to the next, are
not
known. Let's stick with the original phrasing, please.

i knew i would lose you on this one.

No, Randy, you're the one that got lost. If you truly don't see that your
paraphrase omitted a significant aspect of the situation, then there is no
point in discussing this any further, because you simply don't grasp
principles of logic well enough to debate the point.

Hint: your paraphrase omits the fact that it is not known whether this year's
apples are the same variety or size as last year's apples, and by that
omission implies that they are the same. They may be, they may not be, but if
this is not known the comparison is meaningless, and thus, to most people,
pointless as well.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek-at-milmac-dot-com)

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