Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ben Bacarisse Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript Subject: Re: Javascript Object Extensions Updated Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 01:38:56 +0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 52 Message-ID: <87fuy6xlfz.fsf@bsb.me.uk> References: <1f898f71-c031-4d09-982b-65e8a117dde6@googlegroups.com> <2d038517-e626-4952-83a8-04be16278fd2@googlegroups.com> <0e4b03c5-f76b-4736-8227-c744d25af653@googlegroups.com> <87r3hqxw37.fsf@bsb.me.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="017616aa25f81ec581c44d76d61ba2f3"; logging-data="18579"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19sOlAI+vCMwzJy+WyMuoyEGC6yB7eCCT8=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:kxxYUHpQTR2+Erv4W988c7uzMj8= sha1:A03MB0QIwF/Bhf0FTrYfb/ZUjTw= X-BSB-Auth: 1.a94238ac5dff22cf082c.20160110013856GMT.87fuy6xlfz.fsf@bsb.me.uk Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.javascript:29200 "Evertjan." writes: > Ben Bacarisse wrote on 09 Jan 2016 in > comp.lang.javascript: > >> "Evertjan." writes: >> >>> Aleksandro 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: >>>>> >>>>>> I'd say that blog post lacks way too many examples >>>>> [..] to be called anything close to documentation >>>>> >>>>> How can something "lack too many"? >>>> >>>> Too many more are needed, makes sense? >>> >>> No. >>> >>> Would you perhaps mean "never enough"? >> >> Aleksandro phrase looks fine to me. It's informal and colloquial >> English but idiomatic and clear (to me of course -- obviously not to >> all). It's quite a common turn of phrase. > > So "lack too many" means "never enough"? No, not to me. I can't put it into the sentence and get anything that makes the same sense to me. The closest I can get is "that blog post never has enough examples...", but "never" needs a plurality or range, more like "those blog posts never have enough examples..." or maybe, at a pinch, "that post, from start to finish, never has enough examples...". > 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. > I don't like this guessing in a conversation, > I prefer asking. Absolutely. Best to ask if you are unsure. I'm just adding a data point -- for at least one native speaker, the meaning was clear. -- Ben.