[OT] Yes-or-no questions (was: [OT] Was: Dynamic form generation)

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Tony Marston wrote:

> "Erwin Moller" [wrote]:
>> On 4/24/2012 11:10 AM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>>> It is a yes-or-no question, therefore it cannot be incorrect.
>>
>> Yes, even yes-or-no questions can be incorrect, in the sense that both
>> "yes" and "no" are incorrect answers.
>>
>> Here is an example:
>> "This sentence is not true. Is the former sentence correct? Yes or no?"
> 
> Your example is irrelevant.

It is not irrelevant, but it is wrong.  A yes-or-no question that cannot be 
answered with a simple "yes" or "no" is _not_ incorrect.  But it is harder 
to answer.  It also *might* indicate a fallacy, in which latter case the Zen 
masters have given us the word "mu" to avoid a wrong answer.

> The original statement came in 2 parts:
> (1) "This means that you perform no type conversion or checking, or range
> checking in the application."
> followed by the question
> (2) "yes?".
> 
> The question (2) I read as "is the statement (1) correct or incorrect?" to
> which I answered "incorrect".

And there you are wrong.  It was _not_ a statement, it was a *question*.
Statements end with a period.  Questions end with a question mark.  This 
sentence ended with a question mark.  A reasonable answer to that question, 
since it was a yes-or-no question, would have started with "Yes" or "No" or 
be a statement having these words as bottom line.  But _not_ "Correct" or 
"Incorrect".  I concede that it was a suggestive question, but that does not 
make it incorrect.

The way the Subject header field was changed here is inappropriate.  For a 
start, it is insufficient to tag a posting as off-topic; the new topic needs 
to be provided as well.  The common, reasonable and accepted change is 
described at <http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html>.  There you 
(Tony) will also find a description on the attribution that you are still 
ignoring.

F'up2 poster

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  Re: Dynamic form generation Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-04-12 00:03 -0400
  Re: Dynamic form generation The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-04-12 05:46 +0100
  Re: Dynamic form generation Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2012-04-11 21:52 -0700
    Re: Dynamic form generation Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2012-04-12 12:42 +0000
      Re: Dynamic form generation Charles <cchamb2@gmail.com> - 2012-04-12 20:43 -0700
        Re: Dynamic form generation Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2012-04-12 21:55 -0700
          Re: Dynamic form generation Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2012-04-13 13:19 +0000
        Re: Dynamic form generation "Tony Marston" <tony@NOSPAM.demon.co.uk> - 2012-04-13 09:59 +0100
          Re: Dynamic form generation Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2012-04-13 13:22 +0000
            Re: Dynamic form generation Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-04-17 14:49 +0200
              Re: Dynamic form generation Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-04-17 11:36 -0400
                Re: Dynamic form generation "Tony Marston" <TonyMarston@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-18 09:33 +0100
                Re: Dynamic form generation Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-04-18 07:59 -0400
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                Re: Dynamic form generation Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-04-22 10:09 -0400
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                Re: Dynamic form generation "Tony Marston" <tony@NOSPAM.demon.co.uk> - 2012-04-24 17:11 +0100
                Re: Dynamic form generation Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-04-24 18:54 +0200
                Re: Dynamic form generation "Tony Marston" <tony@NOSPAM.demon.co.uk> - 2012-04-24 18:55 +0100
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                Re: [OT] Was: Dynamic form generation The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-04-25 12:46 +0100
                Re: [OT] Was: Dynamic form generation "Tony Marston" <tony@NOSPAM.demon.co.uk> - 2012-04-26 12:51 +0100
                Re: [OT] Was: Dynamic form generation Erwin Moller <erwinmollerusenet@xs4all.nl> - 2012-04-27 10:26 +0200
                [OT] Yes-or-no questions (was: [OT] Was: Dynamic form generation) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-04-28 07:56 +0200
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