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From: "John Cardinal" <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] Location of Birth
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 22:13:24 -0500
In-Reply-To: <3A7973E0.A5F54FBE@reigelridge.com>


Sorry about the last non-message! Pilot error.

Terry Reigel wrote:
> Damon Floyd wrote:
> > My Face is sure Red. I found out I had checked "Group common Birth
Places"
> > and the place was show showing in the line above. On all my old books I
had
> > made I didn't have this checked.
>
> Interesting. I didn't think of that because I never use that option. But
it
> seems like a small buglet - the tag shouldn't print if there is nothing to
> print.

But... there is something to print, "He was born". For that particular tag,
it seems unnecessary, but for some other tags the past tense verb carries
information that isn't assumed.

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