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Subject:Re: Have ye the will to use it, then? From:"Eric L. Dunn" <edunn -at- TRANSPORT -dot- BOMBARDIER -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 28 Apr 1999 15:26:26 -0400
I can think of one case where "will" is appropriate. Warnings, Cautions,
and Notes. After all you want to warn the user that something WILL kill
them IF done. Unless of course you believe in testing for live voltage with
a wet finger and one hand firmly grasping ground.