Re: At peace with Debian
On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 12:06, Wendell Cochran wrote:
> Grant Edwards:
[snip]
> gender-related problem. However, a plural also tends to lengthen a
> sentence & befog it. Simplify & shorten; begin with the singular -- &
> keep it if you can.
But you're from The Left Coast (Seattle, no less). How can you
say such things?!?!?!
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