> G. Acharya wrote:
> > Is there a punctuation to add to distinguish the following
>
> > 1st e.g.
> > A or B can be used
> > ================
> > A results in some problem. B results some other problem and both A and
> > B can be used.
>
> > 2nd e.g
> > A or The first alphabet
> > =================
> > A is the first alphabet in the English language. This is the first
> > letter the student of English language learns.
>
> I think this should be "A or the first letter of the alphabet" which
> means tha A is another way of describing the first describing the first
> letter of teh alphabet. A cannot be an alphabet since it is just one
> letter. The alphabet used for English has 26 letters. Other languages
> have larger or smaller alphabet.
So, is there no way in English to solve this ambiguity?
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