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Subject:Re: Stress-relief editing on a Fri afternoon From:Jim Grey <jwg -at- ACD4 -dot- ACD -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 22 Aug 1994 08:51:44 -0500
But on Monday, I read of Karen Kay's "before" discomfort:
>I've been saying "versions of this software prior to 3.0".
>"Before" sounds funny to me in this case.
"Versions of this software prior to 3.0" sounds stilted to me, though.
How about "versions older than 3.0"?
