On Thu, 2 Apr 2020 at 22:52, Kerim Aydin via agora-business <agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On 4/2/2020 1:53 PM, Aris Merchant via agora-business wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 1:52 PM Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion < > > agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 2 Apr 2020 at 13:24, Kerim Aydin via agora-business < > >> agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> On 4/1/2020 9:40 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > >>>> > >>>> On 4/1/2020 2:10 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> I bid 347 coins in the current zombie auction. > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> I withdraw my bid. I bid 83 coins. > >>>> > >>> > >>> Ugh, actually I'd forgotten how broken auctions are when this happens. > >>> > >>> I terminate this auction. > >>> > >> > >> Is this effective? It's not clear to me that "cannot transfer any item" in > >> R2552 means "any item cannot be transferred" or "all items cannot be > >> transferred". > >> > >> -Alexis > >> > > I CFJ, barring G., "A zombie auction is ongoing." > > Gratuitous: > > The full phrase in question is "cannot transfer any item included in a > lot" which reads (to me) to say "if there exists a lot for which any item > in it can't be transferred, the termination conditions are triggered." > > Alexis's quoted arguments include the "any item" but leave out the "a > lot", which changes the meaning. If it read "included in the lots" rather > than "included in a lot" I agree that it would favor the "all items" > interpretation.
I don't think I understand your reasoning. To me, the "...included in a lot in that Auction" is clarifying which set of items the rule is referring to, i.e. the set of all items in all lots in the auction. I don't see how it resolves the ambiguity of the word "any". I think disambiguating the meaning of "any" often involves common sense. I'm not sure whether that's what needs to happen here. "If I can't afford any item on the menu, I'll find another restaurant." --- This probably means "If every item on the menu is unaffordable to me, I'll find another restaurant." "If I can't understand any question on the test, I'll ask for a clarification." --- This probably has the other meaning. I don't have a strong opinion, so was just going to go with G.'s interpretation until Alexis also expressed uncertainty. James
