sorry,
Let me rephrase it.

is two, too many?

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Barnes
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 2:51 PM
To: John Clogg; [log in to unmask]
Subject: RE: [HP3000-L] English


two many questions to ask; or is that too many?

-----Original Message-----
From: John Clogg [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 2:47 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [HP3000-L] English


Okay, without singling anyone out, I would like to help English-speaking
members of this list who are challenged by homophones (words that sound
alike but have different meanings).

There - Denotes a place/location:  "The server is over there.  There it is."

Their - Possessive pronoun, implying belonging to "them":  "This is their
server, that one is ours."

They're - Contraction of "they are":  "They're rebooting the server."

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To - A preposition indicating direction or destination:  "I am going to the
computer room."

To - Part of the infinitive form of a verb:  "It is necessary to reboot this
NT machine."

Too - Also: "I'm rebooting my PC too"

Too - Adverb indicating an excessive degree of something: "This machine is
too unreliable."

Two - A whole number between one and three.

Any questions?

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