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    The distributive reading of the plural subject dissolves ... — Carmelics
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    The distributive reading of the plural subject dissolves the paradox: 'these men have married' is just the conjunction of individual perfects, each grounded in its own present-tense truth.

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    Distributive reading(in linguistics and logic)
    A way of interpreting a sentence where you apply something separately to each item in a group, rather than to the group as a whole. For example, 'John and Mary ate pizza' could mean they each ate pizza individually (distributive) or shared one pizza together (non-distributive).
    Perfect (grammatical tense)(as used in grammar and linguistics)
    A verb form that describes an action completed in the past and still relevant to the present—like 'have married' shows something that happened and is now finished.
    Plural subject(as used in linguistics and logic)
    A grammatical subject that refers to multiple people or things together, rather than just one—like 'these men' instead of 'this man.'
    Present-tense truth(as used in logic and philosophy of language)
    A statement about what is true right now, in the current moment, rather than about something that happened in the past.

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    conjunction(Argument about atomic parthood via directional contact)
    The coming together or contact of atoms from different directions, used to test whether atoms have spatial parts.
    grounded in(whether distinctness or identity is explained by intrinsic features)
    To be explained by or to have its reason or basis in something else—like how a tree being wet is grounded in (explained by) recent rain.
    paradox(R. M. Sainsbury's definition, presented as a target of criticism)
    An apparently unacceptable conclusion derived by apparently acceptable reasoning from apparently acceptable premises

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