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The Hodge Conjecture

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Originally posted by Squelchbelch
I already found the proof/solution
There are several flaws in your proof. Firstly, you got the pin wrong. Secondly, £+++ is not a valid cohomology class. My current approach is to try to find a semi-demi-simple abelian category for which P = 2.07 r^Z (µ - X² ), using a Lefschetz pencil of hyperplane sections of X. * This should enable me to find the homomorphic metapawn Grothendieck was missing.

* More on semi-demi-simple abelian categories can be found here: P. Deligne, (rédigé par J. L. Brylinski). Cycles de Hodge absolus et périodes des integrales des
variétés abeliennes. Memoires SMF 2 (1980) pp. 23-33.

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Originally posted by Nordlys
Orthography.
No, no, no, no, no. It's not orthography, incorrect use of the apostrophe is a punctuation error that falls under the general auspices of grammar.

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Originally posted by demonseed
No, no, no, no, no. It's not orthography, incorrect use of the apostrophe is a punctuation error that falls under the general auspices of grammar.
From Wikipedia: "As the word [grammar] is understood by most modern linguists, the subfields of grammar are phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics." So, which of those categories would punctuation fall into?

Also from Wikipedia: "Orthography defines the set of symbols (glyphs and diacritics) used to write a language, as well as the set of rules describing how to write these symbols, including spelling, punctuation, and capitalization."

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Originally posted by Nordlys
From Wikipedia: "As the word [grammar] is understood by most modern linguists, the subfields of grammar are phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics." So, which of those categories would punctuation fall into?

Also from Wikipedia: "Orthography defines the set of symbols (glyphs and diacritics) used to write a language, as well a ...[text shortened]... describing how to write these symbols, including spelling, punctuation, and capitalization."
Just shows how unreliable the internet is as an education resource. Grammar is the system of rules by which we can generate correct sentences; orthography refers to the consistent representation of sounds via printed letters/symbols.

A mistake in the use of an apostrophe renders a sentence not inaccurate but invalid and hence is a grammatical error.

Will you e-mail wikipedia or shall I?

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Originally posted by demonseed
Just shows how unreliable the internet is as an education resource. Grammar is the system of rules by which we can generate correct sentences; orthography refers to the consistent representation of sounds via printed letters/symbols.

A mistake in the use of an apostrophe renders a sentence not inaccurate but invalid and hence is a grammatical error.

Will you e-mail wikipedia or shall I?
You don't e-mail Wikipedia, you edit the article. But please don't, because you are still wrong. Can you give me any source saying that punctuation is part of grammar?

Out of curiosity, would you also consider it a grammatical error if someone writes "rite" instead of "right", or if someone omits the full stop at the end of a sentence?

Edit: While punctuation and spelling are not grammar, some understanding of grammar is necessary to get the spelling and punctuation write.

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A train carrying 400 passengers leaves Chicago travelling West at 9 a.m. at 50 mph for three hours and a train leaves Omaha carrying 300 passengers at 10 a.m. travelling East at 60 mph for two hours.

How late are the trains?

Does anybody in DesMoines actually care?

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Originally posted by Nordlys
You don't e-mail Wikipedia, you edit the article. But please don't, because you are still wrong. Can you give me any source saying that punctuation is part of grammar?

Out of curiosity, would you also consider it a grammatical error if someone writes "rite" instead of "right", or if someone omits the full stop at the end of a sentence?

Edit: Whi ...[text shortened]... mar, some understanding of grammar is necessary to get the spelling and punctuation write.
I didn't read the wikipedia article I just recounted my understanding of grammar and orthography.

Orthography pertains to the symbolic representation of sounds, I think. Therefore punctuation is relevant in that it indicates pauses between these sounds but punctuation is certainly relevant to grammar in that it makes valid sentences.

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Originally posted by demonseed
I didn't read the wikipedia article I just recounted my understanding of grammar and orthography.

Orthography pertains to the symbolic representation of sounds, I think. Therefore punctuation is relevant in that it indicates pauses between these sounds but punctuation is certainly relevant to grammar in that it makes valid sentences.
So any spelling which is a valid representation of the sounds it is meant to stand for would be correct orthography (although it might be grammatically incorrect)? oar inn other wurds, this sentens is spellt korrectly?

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Originally posted by Nordlys
So any spelling which is a valid representation of the sounds it is meant to stand for would be correct orthography (although it might be grammatically incorrect)? oar inn other wurds, this sentens is spellt korrectly?
Now you are simply being facetious, most unbecoming.

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Originally posted by demonseed
Now you are simply being facetious, most unbecoming.
Just pointing out the flaw in your thinking. Orthography deals with how language is represented in writing. Grammar deals with the language itself, not its visual representation.

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Originally posted by Nordlys
Just pointing out the flaw in your thinking. Orthography deals with how language is represented in writing. Grammar deals with the language itself, not its visual representation.
Yes but a mistake in the use of an apostrophe is not merely an aesthetic error, it invalidates the meaning.

Edit: I spelt apostrophe wrong, damn it to hell!

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Originally posted by demonseed
Yes but a mistake in the use of an apostophe is not merely an aesthetic error, it invalidates the meaning.
Yes, but a mistake in the use of an apostophe is not merely an aesthetic error - it invalidates the meaning.

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Originally posted by Squelchbelch
Yes, but a mistake in the use of an apostophe is not merely an aesthetic error - it invalidates the meaning.
Lol, you were too quick tried to edit that.

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Originally posted by demonseed
Yes but a mistake in the use of an apostrophe is not merely an aesthetic error, it invalidates the meaning.

Edit: I spelt apostrophe wrong, damn it to hell!
So does riting "write" instead of "right". That's why we have orthography in the first place, rather than using a purely phonetic system.

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Originally posted by Nordlys
So does riting "write" instead of "right". That's why we have orthography in the first place, rather than using a purely phonetic system.
Invalid to me implies breaking a rule whereas what you are referring to is simply an error.

For example writing: "It's worth can be shown etc" is not merely inaccurate but invalid. The rules of the English language have been broken and to me that seems to come under the category of grammar.