[plt-scheme] Ambiguous Words

I don't get it.  What about:

;; make a posn one-tick to the right

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On Sep 15, 2005, at 12:46 PM, Matthias Felleisen wrote:

> Easy:
>
> Here are two purpose statements for a function:
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>  ;; change the given posn to reflect a one-tick move of the object
>  ;; assuming the object moves right at 3 pixels/clock tick
>
>  ;; create a posn to reflect a one-tick move of the object
>  ;; assuming the object moves right at 3 pixels/clock tick
>
>  (define (move p)
>    (make-posn (+ (posn-x p) 3) (posn-y p)))
>
> -- Matthias
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> On Sep 15, 2005, at 2:32 PM, Alexandre Bergel wrote:
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>>>  I even don't like the choices of English words that English natives 
>>> use, because they appeal (for example) to imperative actions.
>>
>> As a non-native English speaker, can you provide couple of example ? 
>> This is an interesting issue I feel.
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>> Regards,
>> Alexandre
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