splitters

Lumpers and splitters are opposing factions in any academic discipline that has to place individual examples into rigorously defined categories. The lumper–splitter problem occurs when there is the desire to create classifications and assign examples to them, for example, schools of literature, biological taxa, and so on. A "lumper" is a person who assigns examples broadly, judging that differences are not as important as signature similarities. A "splitter" makes precise definitions, and creates new categories to classify samples that differ in key ways.

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    One touch windows no longer fitted on XPOWER?

    So it seems MG no longer fit one one touch windows on the XPOWER and presumably the Trophy too, because whatever I do or try I cannot get them to work on my new vehicle. The driver’s window works correctly but the other three only operate with one touch down, but not up. They give with one...
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