I presume the “{x|y}” notation is what is being defined here by example, but I have little idea what the examples are intended to convey. I have a lot of ideas about what the examples might be intended to convey, but very little information about which ones might be correct. I notice that all the examples seem to “expand to” two sentences with the common syntactic elements combined and the differences enclosed in the “{|}” symbols.
What I don’t get is the function of the two sentences. Are you trying to “point at” a concept that lies between the corresponding words in the two sentences but isn’t expressed by either? Are you intending to draw a distinction between the sentences and using the notation to reduce repetition? Are you pointing at common features of both, some sort of conceptual intersection? Something else entirely?
I presume the “{x|y}” notation is what is being defined here by example, but I have little idea what the examples are intended to convey. I have a lot of ideas about what the examples might be intended to convey, but very little information about which ones might be correct. I notice that all the examples seem to “expand to” two sentences with the common syntactic elements combined and the differences enclosed in the “{|}” symbols.
What I don’t get is the function of the two sentences. Are you trying to “point at” a concept that lies between the corresponding words in the two sentences but isn’t expressed by either? Are you intending to draw a distinction between the sentences and using the notation to reduce repetition? Are you pointing at common features of both, some sort of conceptual intersection? Something else entirely?