04-04-2014, 07:42 AM
Bob Prudhomme Wrote:Greg R Parker Wrote:Albert Doyle Wrote:Greg R Parker Wrote:"What is the motive for either Marguerite..." Again, you are working on the premise of there having been 2 Marguerites. I was making no comment whatsoever about the gist of your post, but about how you (and others) depict these assumed doubles as historically proven. They are not.
As for the pharmacist... let's quote him accurately, okay? According to David, the pharmacist said surgery "would have" been a part of his practice. "Would have" is not the same as "was". It indicates a degree of assumption.
I wrote it. I know what I meant. I meant either (singular) Marguerite or Laza or FBI. I was making a comment about the gist of my post. That gist was that there was no motive to fabricate a tonsillectomy on the insurance form.
Capiche?
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/either
"What is the motive for either Marguerite, Laza the insurance salesman, or FBI to fabricate such a claim?"
As can be seen, you have offered more than 2 choices. In your placement of "either", you have therefore suggested EITHER of two Marguerites, Laza, or the FBI...
Sorry if that is not what you meant, but that is most assuredly what you said.
I believe if we looked up the word "mule" in the dictionary, there may just be a picture of Greg beside it.
Albert explained precisely what he meant in his statement which, by the way is exactly how I interpreted his words, yet you still carry on with your silly argument.
Robert,
in his explanation, he added an extra "or". If that had been in place in the original, I would have taken the meaning he intended.
When one explains what one has written by adding extra words to the original text, it accentuates the flaw in the original even further.