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Subject:Re: Is Contents Singular or Plural? From:iain -at- hairydog -dot- co -dot- uk (Iain Harrison) To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Thu, 10 Feb 2000 08:12 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
> The contents of the table entry area are unpredictable when no match is
> found.
> The contents of the table entry area is unpredictable when no match is
> found.
How about:
When no match is found, it is hard to predict what the table entry area
will contain.
In general, I reckon that if a sentence seems clumsy and inelegant,
that's because it is, and it need re-writing.
--
Iain
iain -at- hairydog -dot- co -dot- uk
iainh -at- cix -dot- co -dot- uk
