Dear Lew,
After how many years (+65?) you don't understand the difference between
logic and grammar . Logic is science grammar is not. There are more than
5000 languages in the ''known universe'' but only one logic .
Grammar is for spoken languages. For our ears. But how does one reed and
write with his ears.? Your interest in ''definition of words '' is wrong assumption
while the logic state that from wrong assunptions (=premise) can't follow
true deductions. As Frege put it : ''the mening of words is their contriburion
to the memsing of statments in which they are used''.
Where does grammar explain that ''subject'' in a sentence is just ONE
VARIABLE ? Where the connective ''IS'' between Subject end Predicat?
Logic explains 4 different ''meaning'' of connctive ''is''. I use 4 different
langages , so to speak, daily: Serbo-Kroatian, German, Dutch and English
all with different grammars...those are prescriptions which are not
true or false but can be understod if one is fsmiliar with the ''culture''
in which they are used. Otherwise ''cultural shocks'' can't be understoood.

