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Subject:Re: will or is From:"Mark L. Levinson" <nosnivel -at- netvision -dot- net -dot- il> To:TechWr-L <TECHWR-L -at- LISTS -dot- RAYCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 05 Sep 2003 23:00:43 +0200
I think the idea behind the present-tense version is that
the passage describes a general practice (this is what we
do, this how it works, this is what happens) rather than a
specific instance.
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Mark L. Levinson - Herzliya, Israel - nosnivel -at- netvision -dot- net -dot- il
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"I don't like these modern day disasters what consists of ten
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