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Old March 8th 05, 07:59 PM
Matthew Russotto
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In article >,
Big Bill > wrote:
>On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 10:22:42 -0600,
>(Matthew Russotto) wrote:
>
>>In article >,
>>Big Bill > wrote:
>>>On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 10:07:42 -0600,

>>>(Matthew Russotto) wrote:
>>>>In article >,
>>>>Big Bill > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>Wrong. Look up "accident".
>>>>>Very few crashes are "accidents". Most are driver error of some type.
>>>>>Not necessarily *on purpose*, but driver error nonetheless.
>>>>
>>>>From Merriam-Webster online
>>>>Accident 1a: "an unforseen and unplanned event or circumstance"
>>>> 1b: "lack of intention or necessity: CHANCE"
>>>> 2a: "an unfortunate event resulting especially from
>>>> carelessness or ignorance"
>>>> 2b: "an unexpected and medically important bodily event
>>>> especially when injurious"
>>>> 2c: "an unexpected happening causing loss or injury which is
>>>> not due to any fault or misconduct on the part of the
>>>> person injured but for which legal relief may be sought"
>>>> 3: "a nonessential property or quality of an entity or
>>>> circumstance"
>>>>
>>>>Your typical auto accident fits 1a, the more precise definition in 1b,
>>>>and 2a. Many also fit 2c (since the injured party is not necessarily
>>>>at fault)
>>>
>>>Observation says 1b doesn't describe many vehicle crashes.

>>
>>The more precise definition ("lack of intention or necessity")?
>>Describes nearly all of them.

>
>You forgot one very important word. It's right there to see, but you
>snipped it: CHANCE.
>Since it's included in 1b, 1b doesn't describe very many crashes.


The colon separates two definitions of the same sense. A situation
does not need to fit both definitions to fit the sense.
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