sadness_elemental t1_j0sfbri wrote
Reply to comment by BurntRussianBBQ in Ancient Grammatical Puzzle That Has Baffled Scientists for 2,500 Years Solved by Cambridge University Student by Superb_Boss289
They assumed it meant earlier rules had precedence over later rules, it's simple once you realise but they probably didn't even realise they were applying the rule wrong
masklinn t1_j0trht5 wrote
> They assumed it meant earlier rules had precedence over later rules
Other way around, within a priority level the later rule overrides the earlier (is the historical interpretation).
ColgateSensifoam t1_j0u5ihg wrote
For clarity, it was interpreted as the rule that occurs later in the rulebook applies, rather than the rule that occurs later in the word, as is actually the case
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