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From: Linda Gaylord-Kuhn <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] General tags or VERY specific tags?
Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 18:53:39 -0600
In-Reply-To: <200301011730190250.06386333@mailhub.aros.net>


> From: Stuart Armstrong [mailto:]
>
> Linda,
> Haven't been following this thread, but doesn't "by" mean
essentially
> the same thing as "before"? Yeah, I know, it's a slightly different
> thought process, but the end result of the meaning is essentially the
> same. If you replace all your bys to befores, nothing is corrupted,
unless
> you insist that "by 1800" includes 1800 but "before 1800" stops at
1799.
> But I always interpreted such dates as approximations anyway.

Hate to tell you this, Stuart, but (being persnickity as usual) I am
going to insist that "by" and "before" are different. "By 1800" does
include the year 1800 so, if I were inclined to change it, I would
change it to "before 1801". As a matter of fact, that's exactly what I
did during my Roots III days. Similarly someone "living 1800" died
"after 1799".

> But I've always wanted date and place modifier fields so you're
not
> limited to the pre-defined list. After all, we want to be sure the
> programmer who maintains the date interpretation module has plenty to
do
> <G>!

Oh, please! Don't make me go THERE. When it comes to the Modifier War,
I'm lose. <LOL>

Linda


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