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Subject:Word use: Express/ed From:"William J. Hartzer" <William -dot- Hartzer -at- EMC2-TAO -dot- FISC -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 8 Dec 1994 12:08:00 EST
I believe it is correct the way it is written here:
"...without the expressed written consent of the author..." is correct because
if the author gives permission, he expresses it. Therefore, it is his or her
expressed written consent that you may use it (the author has given you
permission to use it (in the past--he expressed that you could use it), so you
are can use it in the future.
Any questions?
This is MY interpretation of the phrase.
Seeya,
Bill Hartzer
Technical Writer, Fischer International Systems Corporation
Naples, Florida USA
