(Fwd) ICBN Articles 33.2 & 33.3

[Kent E. Holsinger]

>>>>> "JC" == JC Coetzee <coetzeej at SCINET.PENTECH.AC.ZA> writes:

    JC> Now my problem: Is there not a large degree of contradiction
    JC> between Articles 33.3 and 33.2?

    JC> All that poor Peerally (Ex 4) did wrong was to slip up on how
    JC> he cited page numbers. And his combination is rejected for
    JC> that.

    JC> Tryon (Ex 6) on the other hand, messed up completely, citing
    JC> the wrong publication, the wrong author as well as the wrong
    JC> date, but he is forgiven and his combination is accepted!!!

    JC> That does not seem quite right to me. Or what am I missing
    JC> here?

I'm no expert on the ICBN (I presume John McNeill and others who are
will pipe in before long), but it sure looks to me as if you've
identified a contradiction between these articles.

Kent

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