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Subject:Re: US versus UK English, How relevant? From:"Michael West" <mbwest -at- bigpond -dot- com> To:techwr-l Date:Sun, 29 Feb 2004 09:30:44 +1100
ellis -at- cherryleaf -dot- com wrote:
> Actually, you could have a dialogue with someone using a dialog box.
And you could also have a dialog with someone using a
dialogue box. Either way, you'd be causing problems
for your readers unless you took the trouble to make
the distinction explicit.
--
Michael West
