Re: Stacking up on standard works

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 69160
Date: 2012-04-01

W dniu 2012-04-01 01:04, Tavi pisze:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> >
> > > When these correspondences form a coherent pattern, i.e. they lead to
> > > predictable results.
> >
> > *Predictable results*? What do you mean by that?
> >
> That something behaves as expected from other experiencies.
>
> http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/predictable

Thank you, I know the meaning of the adjective "predictable". What
puzzles me is that you think the comparative method should yield
predictable results. If they are predictable, why compare things at all?

Piotr