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To: jbe who wrote (2342)	4/22/1999 11:50:00 AM
From: Rick Julian	Read Replies (3) of 4711

The "cede" root always seemed more appropriate as it connotes surrender. "Sede" (to sit with) almost seems counterintuitive. I know you're correct though (just took the spelling test posted earlier in the thread) and I appreciate your pointing it out. Following the preposition "rule" can yield some very awkward and stilted sounding verbiage--as can many other injunctions. I typically rely on my ears as syntactic filters, but under the crush of deadlines, and the mind f###s that endless copy revisions create, I sometimes lose my intuitive compass. Which grammatical rule applies to the use of "which" vs. "that"?

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