出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2024/12/03 16:13 UTC 版)
By analogy with fence-building. If one wants to say "lay a fencepost, then a length of fence, then repeat", then a special case must be made for the final fencepost. If one wants to say "lay a length of fence, then a fencepost, then repeat", then a special case must be made for the initial fencepost.