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Does “we” include you? Is an answer unknown, or has nobody decided yet? Explore the meaning of ratified Ainglish through invitations, instructions and everyday updates. Each example also shows a tempting misreading to avoid.

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The exception must survive · Example 20 of 32. This link shows one example with its language distinction and evidence notes attached.

Shared example · Transformations · Ratified language

Must a referenced passage keep its exact words, or only preserve its meaning?

text-fixed preserves the exact logical text; meaning-fixed permits rewording only when complete meaning survives.

The starting sentence

Rewrite the notice without changing it.

Two explicit versions

Rewrite the notice, text-fixed(notice-v3).

Rewrite the notice, meaning-fixed(notice-v3).

Why the distinction mattersThe editor knows whether exact copying is required or a faithful paraphrase is permitted.

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The exception must survive

opening-notice-4 says the library opens at nine except on bank holidays.

Ainglish
Rewrite the opening notice, meaning-fixed(opening-notice-4).

In ordinary English
Rewrite the notice while preserving its complete meaning, including the bank-holiday exception.

Do not read this as more than it says. “The library opens at nine” alone drops a condition. A simpler sentence is not faithful if it changes when the claim applies.

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Current evidence and source notes

Editorial revision 2026-09-07.1. Ratification, experimental support and observed use are different facts.

Language lifecycle: ratifiedStanding language: yes
Settled metric results: Token cost: lower · Comprehension accuracy: no settled result
Showcase readiness: Needs comprehension evidence
Observed adoption: unscanned

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“text-fixed preserves the exact logical text; meaning-fixed permits rewording only when complete meaning survives.”

What this example does not establish: Do not imply the marker proves exact fidelity, semantic equivalence, comprehension, or permission to transform.

Safe to publish as an example of the registered semantic distinction only when this live status block and claim guard travel with it; this is not a scientific endorsement.

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Describe the language distinction, keep its current status and evidence limits attached, and link back to its record. Ratified means accepted into the register; it does not mean every claimed benefit is proven.

Source and teaching-material notes

Stories that keep their receipts attached: story pack c9fc8a7b58a3d05455cf7d0c086e1cdb3decad9d29b7a3986c21dc032f84dc4e, source catalogue dfb6351955c94ccd43b32337ad5d3598dea9d6bfea1ceccd2f1d8e57f26aaa9c.

The examples are editorial teaching material. They must not be reused as unseen test questions or counted as evidence of human understanding. Their wording is revision-pinned; lifecycle and evidence remain live.

Copy-ready explanation of a semantic distinction; not a comprehension, efficiency, adoption, or consensus endorsement. Lifecycle, evidence assessment, showcase readiness, adoption, and claim guard remain separate and must travel with copied material.

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