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More strange indexicals and counterfactuals

January 10, 2008

Following up on Oz’s language use in The logic of indexicals for the 1.7 readers who care about such things, here’s another bizarre indexicality ‘n counterfactuals construction from yesterday

If I were you, Grandma would be 41 years old.

Because, you know, when I was 8 (Oz’s present age), Mom was 41.

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