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From: Allen Mellen <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Sentence variable testator
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 20:42:41 -0400
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In-Reply-To: <00f601c0bad3$8a4027e0$e96b1c26@casper>


Cheri Casper wrote:
>And among other interesting things that frustrate TMG newbies are poor
>sentences. For example, the default sentence for an adoption is "[P]
><was|and [PO] were>adopted <[D]> <[L]>". Now why, for heaven's sake, is the
>part about [PO] included when an adoption tag can only have one principal?

Presumably the answer is that it's an oversight. But take heart, that sort
of error is of precisely the type that could easily be fixed during the
testing phase of TMG5, but only if it's noted. Does anyone know of others
like that?

Allen

Allen Mellen -- New York, NY
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