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Re: [Nmh-workers] message rewrite/fix up
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Valdis . Kletnieks |
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Re: [Nmh-workers] message rewrite/fix up |
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Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:48:03 -0500 |
On Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:03:19 -0500, David Levine said:
> That was a copy and paste from one of the four other man
> pages that has "thru". I'll change them all to "to", though
> my American English upbringing might suggest "through".
My Pedantic English upbringing points out that "this to that"
isn't clear about whether the endpoints are included, but "this
through that" includes the endpoints. (Mathematicians, the ultimate
pendants, refer to the distinction as open or closed intervals).
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