15-Feb-01 10:56 Hans Aberg wrote: >>So (my) conclusion is: since there are cases which cannot be parsed by a >>human, markup is not only for stupid computers but is unavoidable in >>principle and is essential when you express such delicate things as >>thoughts in such a coarse form as a written text. > If a sentence cannot be parsed by a human, it is of little use in the > human world I gather. Such a sentence _without markup_ cannot be parsed by a human, so it's useless when it doesn't have markup; I agree. But the author adds markup to the sentence, so it becomes useful. I'ld like to emphasize that the author doesn't parse anything (except his thoughts; and his thoughts are already markuped:-)) when he adds markup to his sentence. Sasha