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To: Ilaine who wrote (2154)3/12/1999 2:04:00 PM
From: Edwarda  Respond to of 4711
 
CB, you need never ask for patience!

You are quite correct. It's the depeendent clause that had me gritting my teeth.



To: Ilaine who wrote (2154)3/12/1999 3:23:00 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 4711
 
If the internal project had been finished,

I would have preferred, for elegance and simplicity, to have seen this redrafted as "Had the internal project been finished,..."


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