On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 11:14:34AM +0100, Angus Leeming spake thusly: > John Levon wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 03:27:40PM -0300, Garst R. Reese wrote: > > > >> > It's not past tense: > >> yes it is. > > > > No it's not. > > > >> > if (box.contained(x, y)) > >> > > >> > if position x,y is contained in box > >> > > >> Then how would say: > >> if position x,y was contained in box > > > > a) you wouldn't > > b) "was" is past tense, "is" is not > > Actually, it's grammatically incorect (read poor use of the > subjunctive) and should be > if position x,y were contained in box > So nuh! > > -- > Angus
So, could you native speakers come up with a consensus proposal what to call it? I would make it box.inside(x,y), but what do I know. - Martin
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