> G. Acharya wrote:
> > On Apr 9, 1:21 pm, "G. Acharya" <ganeshjacha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Apr 7, 12:20 am, Einde O'Callaghan <eind...@freenet.de> wrote:
>
> >>> G. Acharya wrote:
> >>>> Is there a punctuation to add to distinguish the following
> >>>> 1st e.g.
> >>>> A or B can be used
> >>>> ================
> >>>> A results in some problem. B results some other problem and both A a
nd
> >>>> B can be used.
> >>>> 2nd e.g
> >>>> A or The first alphabet
> >>>> =================
> >>>> A is the first alphabet in the English language. This is the first
> >>>> letter the student of English language learns.
> >>> I think this should be "A or the first letter of the alphabet" which
> >>> means tha A is another way of describing the first describing the fir
st
> >>> letter of teh alphabet. A cannot be an alphabet since it is just one
> >>> letter. The alphabet used for English has 26 letters. Other languages
> >>> have larger or smaller alphabet.
> >> So, is there no way in English to solve this ambiguity?
>
> > I meant the "or" ambiguity, to decide if its used to "explain further"
> > or, used in-order to "state alternatives"
>
> The problem is that with your exmples you don't give full sentences.
> I'll try to illustrate how to deal with the ambiguity.
>
> "A or B can be used to deal with the problem."
>
> "A, or the first letter of the alphabet, is frequently used ..."
>
Perfect, can you lead me to any online document that explains these in
details? thanks a lot for you help.
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