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To: antiRepublicrat
Last time: I flatly stated Android is not
*a*
product.

For the umpteenth time, Android IS a product. The English language says so, and I gave you links for several dictionaries to prove it.
English words do have meanings, and it's not up to Applebots to redefine what an English word means or doesn't mean to push their Applebot agendas.

82 posted on 08/06/2010 6:16:08 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe
For the umpteenth time, Android IS a product.

You are being dishonest. That is not the word I emphasized in my post. That word emphasized creates a comment on state of being. YOU emphasized that word, YOU are concentrating on the issue of whether Android has the state of being a product. I emphasized the word "A" in the original post. Look back, there it is "*a* product."

It would be good if you could even understand the context within a few words, and maybe basic English grammar. The sentence structure "Not X, but Y" is quite standard. I am contrasting Y and X. Emphasizing "a" ensures that my intent to contrast "a" is clear, and that I do not intend to contrast "product."

"I don't have *a* car, but two cars." Obviously it means I have two (plural) cars instead of one (singular) car.

"I don't *have* a car, but two cars." Using your meaning the sentence doesn't even make any sense.

It's really sad. The only way you can win is to dishonestly re-write and change the meaning of what I wrote. Either that or your reading comprehension is below a first-grade level.

85 posted on 08/06/2010 7:03:05 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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