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Re: Javascript Object Extensions Updated

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Ben Bacarisse wrote:

> "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> writes:
>> Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> wrote on 09 Jan 2016 in
>> comp.lang.javascript:
>>> "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> writes:
>>>> Aleksandro <aleksandro@gmx.com> wrote on 09 Jan 2016 in
>>>> comp.lang.javascript:
>>>>> On 09/01/16 13:22, Evertjan. wrote:
>>>>>> Aleksandro wrote on 09 Jan 2016 in comp.lang.javascript:

Attribution _line_, *not* attribution novel.  This could have been much 
better readable:

> "Evertjan." wrote:
>> Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>>> "Evertjan." wrote:
>>>> Aleksandro wrote:
>>>>> Evertjan. wrote:
>>>>>> Aleksandro wrote:

>>>>>>> I'd say that blog post lacks way too many examples
>>>>>> [..] to be called anything close to documentation
>> Ofcourse I can guess what Alexandro means,
>> but playing the devils advocate:
>> what is so clear about it?
> 
> I don't know.  I know it is clear (to me) but not what makes it so.  I
> am not a linguist.

In order to bring this off-topic thread¹ to a speedy conclusion: I am not a 
linguist either, but having studied the structure of languages (I am writing 
a translator software in my free time), I know more about them than the 
average user.

I am not a native speaker of English, but fluent in it.  And to me there
is no mystery what this statement means.  It can be broken down as follows:

lacks examples              = “examples are missing from it”
                              (i.e., examples are not there that should have
                              been there)

lacks many examples         = “a great number of examples is missing from
                               it”

lacks too many examples     = “a great number of examples that is too great
                               is missing from it”

lacks way too many examples = “a great number of examples that is much too
                               great [colloq. emphasis] is missing from it”

HTH

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¹  this is to be discussed in, e.g., <news:alt.english.usage> instead
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  Re: Javascript Object Extensions Updated "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-01-07 14:45 -0800
    Re: Javascript Object Extensions Updated Aleksandro <aleksandro@gmx.com> - 2016-01-07 21:37 -0300
      Re: Javascript Object Extensions Updated Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2016-01-07 17:43 -0800
      Re: Javascript Object Extensions Updated "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-01-07 18:03 -0800
    Re: Javascript Object Extensions Updated Simon Blackwell <syblackwell@anywhichway.com> - 2016-01-09 05:54 -0800
      Re: Javascript Object Extensions Updated Simon Blackwell <syblackwell@anywhichway.com> - 2016-01-09 06:12 -0800
        Re: Javascript Object Extensions Updated Aleksandro <aleksandro@gmx.com> - 2016-01-09 12:27 -0300
          Re: Javascript Object Extensions Updated "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-01-09 17:22 +0100
            Re: Javascript Object Extensions Updated Aleksandro <aleksandro@gmx.com> - 2016-01-09 13:31 -0300
            Re: Javascript Object Extensions Updated Aleksandro <aleksandro@gmx.com> - 2016-01-09 13:31 -0300
              Re: Javascript Object Extensions Updated "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-01-09 22:35 +0100
                Re: Javascript Object Extensions Updated Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-01-09 21:49 +0000
                Re: Javascript Object Extensions Updated Aleksandro <aleksandro@gmx.com> - 2016-01-09 19:06 -0300
                Re: Javascript Object Extensions Updated "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-01-09 23:21 +0100
                Re: Javascript Object Extensions Updated Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-01-10 01:38 +0000
                Re: Javascript Object Extensions Updated "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-01-10 11:26 +0100
                Re: Javascript Object Extensions Updated Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-01-10 13:32 +0100
                Re: Javascript Object Extensions Updated "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-01-10 20:04 +0100
                Re: Javascript Object Extensions Updated Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-01-10 20:39 +0100
                Re: Javascript Object Extensions Updated Aleksandro <aleksandro@gmx.com> - 2016-01-10 17:09 -0300
          Re: Javascript Object Extensions Updated Simon Blackwell <syblackwell@anywhichway.com> - 2016-01-09 14:01 -0800
            Re: Javascript Object Extensions Updated "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-01-09 16:19 -0800
            Re: Javascript Object Extensions Updated Aleksandro <aleksandro@gmx.com> - 2016-01-09 21:49 -0300

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