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Using "where" to mean "in which"--not preferred usage
Subject:Using "where" to mean "in which"--not preferred usage From:Rebecca <rnaffziger -at- QUALCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 22 Feb 1994 15:21:13 -0700
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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 14:49:56 -0700
To: LaVonna -dot- lffunkhouser -at- halnet -dot- com
From: (Rebecca)rnaffziger -at- qualcomm -dot- com
Subject: Using "where" to mean "in which"--not preferred usage
Using where in this loose sense (by not referring to a physical location)
is not a pet peeve of mine, but I prefer not to. I only use it in this way
for the sake of consistency, for example, when I am working on an existing
document and don't have time or the prerogative to change every occurrence.
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