At 13:06 7/14/2000, Karl Ploessl wrote:
>but "I can't compare" does only have one meaning?
>
>         Karl, whose mother tongue is German.

Correct.  The confusion arose because Pierre was writing telegraphically
and left off the "I," so that it could be construed as "It" instead.

david
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