Re: Chasing Any (was: Digest Number 217)

Invent Yourself scripsit:

> Not so fast! "Any doctor" is trivially expanded into a long list of every
> Doctor's name. 

Nope, that doesn't work. Consider a less verbose case: "I want any of
John, Charles, or James." That is not equivalent to "I want John or
I want Charles or I want James." In fact, the former may be true
even though all three of the alternatives in the latter are false.

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