On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > Not in English-speaking countries with a culture of writing chained > comparisons in mathematics and allowing them in natural language: > > "Rock is beaten by Paper, is beaten by Scissors".
I would write that as: Rock is beaten by Paper, and beats Scissors. That's natural language. Unless you put a "which" in the middle, the grammar of English demands that the subject be common, not a promoted object. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
