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November 2001, Week 3

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Re: HP3000 retirement
From:
Roy Brown <[log in to unmask]>
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Roy Brown <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 15 Nov 2001 09:16:17 -0600
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"Steve Dirickson" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
news:9t0g5501eg9@enews4.newsguy.com...
> > me, I have my
> > contacts and I will not reveal them nor myself for numerous reasons.
>
> Now *there's* a credibility enhancer....


> Grammar note:
>  1) "I will not reveal either them or myself..."
>  2) "I will reveal neither them nor myself..."
> Either version works; the original doesn't.

Thoughts:

(i) not knowing who Deep Throat was sure didn't invalidate Watergate

(i) kmunich is probably not English. Even if (s)he is, picking on spelling
and grammar isn't in line with good netiquette...


(iii) why not treat the grammatical construction positively, as a
'mementum'?

--
Roy Brown

Posting with the OEnemy

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