> >...
>>As a matter of fact, a river IS always a river:
>>this is a necessary truth.
>
>Except when it's a stream, or a brook, or a rivulet. (01)
Well, if those are kinds of river, then its a
river. And if they aren't, then why did you say
it was a river in the first place? (02)
>
>There is flowing water (well, today it may be frozen; last week, it
>was flowing) that passes under a bridge I drive over on the way from
>my home to GMU. Whether that something is a river or a stream or a
>creek, is open to endless debate. I agree that it is what it is, but
>is it always a river? Always not a river? I don't think that
>question has a definite answer. (03)
Neither do I. But that is the question "Is this
- call it X - a river?" not "is a river a river?" (04)
Pat (05)
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>Kathy
>
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