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Posted by Francis A. Miniter on 10/04/72 11:48
No ambiguity at all. To do something "together" it is necessary that there be
something more than doing it at the same time. There must be an intention to
act for a common purpose. For instance, Alexander Graham Bell and some
forgotten person were simultaneously working on inventing the telephone in
America. That does not imply they were working together. They were not. Bell
filed his patent application first. No ambiguity. Another example. The
invention of the Calculus. Leibniz published before Newton, but not as
comprehensively. They were working simultaneously but not together. The
controversy over which one should get the credit went on for centuries.
Francis A. Miniter
colonel_hack@yahoo.com wrote:
> It's an ambiguity of the english language. Take it to an english
> language group.
>
> On Wed, 24 May 2006, Bert Coules wrote:
>
>>> Were they active at the same time and the same place
>>> (England)? If so, then they acted together.
>>
>>
>> No. They "both acted" - not the same thing at all.
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