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Nope, "is" ALWAYS means the equal sign.It sure does in physics."Is" doesn't mean "equal."
1+1 IS an even number. That statement is true but "is" doesn't mean "equal" because there are a LOT of even numbers that 1+1 are not.
No, shithead... "IS" can mean other things even in physics. (forgetting the fact that the title of my thread is NOT presented as a physics formula.)
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This should be nominated for the stupidest argument ever attempted in USMB history. The fucking word "IS" can mean a lot of things in context. It is one of the oldest words. It is the 3rd person singular present indicative of "be" and "be" means "present."
Because something is present doesn't mean something else can't also be present.
What you are foolishly and ignorantly doing is trying to point to "equal" and say it means the same thing as "is" and that has not been argued by me or anyone. Equal DOES mean IS, but IS doesn't mean EQUAL.