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| 8.17. Looking at containment by hand |
The descriptions outlined in the last few sections are intended to deal with almost all of the routine questions we might have about what currently resides where. It should be a last resort to use the following more primitive way to inspect the world.
holder of (object) ... object
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This phrase produces the container, supporter, carrier, wearer or room in which the object resides.
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It's sometimes useful to go the other way. When something has possessions, we can find them out one at a time by running through a list.
first thing held by (object) ... object
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This phrase produces the first of the list of things held by the object. Example:
first thing held by Baroness Orczy
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next thing held after (object) ... object
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This phrase produces the next item of the list of things held by something. Example: suppose Baroness Orczy is carrying a lapdog and a string of pearls.
next thing held after the lapdog
is then the string of pearls.
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