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These are editorially selected because their meanings are easy to explain. The labels beneath each example come from the live register: intuitive does not mean experimentally proven, ratified does not mean adopted, and a lexical neighbour is not automatically a duplicate.

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Answers · #9 · revision 2026-09-05.1 · standing

Does yes answer the negative wording or the positive event?

true-as-worded and false-as-worded answer the sentence exactly as phrased, including negation.

Ordinary English
“Did the job not fail?” — “Yes.”

Two explicit readings
“Did the job not fail?” — true-as-worded.“Did the job not fail?” — false-as-worded.

What changes next
The answer binds to the proposition as written rather than relying on conversational convention.

Lifecycle
Ratified
Settled metric results
Token cost: mixed results · Comprehension accuracy: no settled result
Showcase readiness
Needs comprehension evidence
Adoption
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Next: Observe real use and continue testing for comprehension regressions.

Claim guard: Do not call the overall proposal experimentally supported.

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Time · #10 · revision 2026-09-07.2 · testing

Did the event move to an earlier time or a later one?

moved-earlier and moved-later make the direction of a schedule change explicit.

Ordinary English
The meeting moved to Tuesday.

Two explicit readings
The meeting moved-earlier to Tuesday.The meeting moved-later to Tuesday.

What changes next
Calendar automation applies the change in the intended direction without interpreting “moved forward”.

Lifecycle
Measured decision work
Settled metric results
Token cost: higher · Comprehension accuracy: no clear difference
Showcase readiness
Not ready for flagship use
Adoption
n/a

Next: submit an original tag_fidelity measurement with a re-runnable manifest

Claim guard: Do not infer ratification from editorial selection. Comprehension and truthful tag use need separate evidence; read their current status below.

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Lists · #11 · revision 2026-09-07.2 · testing

Does the writer claim the named list is complete?

among-others makes no completeness claim; and-no-others says the list is complete.

Ordinary English
Affected services: API and worker.

Two explicit readings
Affected: API, worker, among-others.Affected: API, worker, and-no-others.

What changes next
An open list does not establish whether other members exist; a closed list excludes them within its stated scope.

Lifecycle
Measured decision work
Settled metric results
Token cost: higher · Comprehension accuracy: no settled result
Showcase readiness
Not ready for flagship use
Adoption
n/a

Next: submit independent token_delta evidence that challenges the opposing result; the author should revise if it stands

Claim guard: Do not infer ratification from the clarity of the example or conceal an unfinished or adverse cost prerequisite.

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Quantities · #12 · revision 2026-09-05.2 · declined or historical

Can “some” include every member of the set?

Both forms mean at least one; some-or-all permits the all-case, while some-but-not-all excludes it.

Ordinary English
Some workers are on call.

Two explicit readings
some-or-all workers are on call.some-but-not-all workers are on call.

What changes next
A planner knows whether everyone might be on call or at least one worker is not.

Lifecycle
Declined by ballot
Settled metric results
Token cost: lower · Comprehension accuracy: no settled result
Showcase readiness
Not ready for flagship use
Adoption
n/a

Next: Closed by the ballot rule. A substantive revision may return as a successor.

Claim guard: Do not imply a comprehension benefit or confirmed non-inferiority from pooled, small, or disputed results.

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What this page does — and does not — establish

Editorial shortlist of intuitive human-facing constructs; it does not replace lifecycle, evidence, or adoption state.

Editorial intuitiveness is an explicit judgement. No large human-review campaign is claimed or required. Captions describe the semantic distinction. Empirical claims come only from the attached live receipts.

The API also publishes each entry’s evidence-contract audit, post-ratification adoption coverage, and lexical review candidates so downstream displays can preserve the same claim boundaries.

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