A story
The late bus
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Every morning I leave home at 7:35 and the bus comes at 7:40. The stop is five minutes away, so I always arrive just in time.
Every morning: I leave at , the bus comes at , the stop is min away, so I arrive at , just in time.
in time, morning.
Today the bus did not come at 7:40. I waited. At 7:50 it had still not come. The bus is late about one morning in ten.
Today: no bus at . I waited. : still no bus. Let = the bus is late; per morning.
Today: , bus . , . .
I had a choice: keep waiting, or walk. Walking to school takes twenty-five minutes. School starts at 8:15.
A choice: wait, or walk. Walk min. School starts at .
wait walk; , .
If I walk now, I arrive at 8:15 exactly. If the bus comes within the next five minutes, I arrive earlier. If it comes later than that, I am late.
Walk now arrive , exactly. Bus within min earlier. Bus later than that late.
✓. bus ✓. bus ✗.
I walked. On the way, at 7:58, the bus passed me. I was on time, and it was my own doing.
I walked. At the bus passed me. On time, and my own doing.
. : bus me. ✓, by me.
Letters of words: 414 → 263 → 44.
How to read the signs
- then; it follows that
- for every
- there is no
- or
- at or before; less than or equal to
- the probability of D
- about
- goes to; passes