On 2014-08-19 6:52 AM, FromTheRafters wrote:
> Wolf K laid this down on his screen :
>> On 2014-08-19 5:34 AM, FromTheRafters wrote:
>>> ~BD~ has brought this to us :
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>>> Yeah, sometimes I think there's someone behind Jax telling *HER* what
>>>>> questions to ask. That was actually a very good question, and there's
>>>>> much more to it than that answer suggests.
>>>>
>>>> Please explain.
>>>
>>> Explain what?
>>
>> The paragraph quoted by ~BD~
>
> There were two items in that paragraph. There's more to 'abstractions'
> than just those that apply directly to the user's experience (like HAL
> for instance) and there's a feeling I have that Jax's question was from
> someone other than herself, perhaps from one of her techs trying to see
> if I knew what an abstraction was rather than her asking what an
> abstraction was because she didn't know.
>
> So, "Explain what?" was to find out which part was being questioned.

I would parse the question as referring to both parts unless otherwise 
specified. You could also parse it as referring to the last sentence, 
because "last thingummy" is the default reference for a pronoun, express 
or implied (here, "That" is implied).

Have a good day,
-- 
Best,
Wolf K
kirkwood40.blogspot.ca
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