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From: Terry Reigel <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Custom Sentence Question
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 11:25:13 -0400
In-Reply-To: <006101c4485c$c212f570$6401a8c0@youro0kwkw9jwc>


On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 23:47:49 -0500, Cheryl Freeman wrote:

> The problem is that I have only one [WO]. When there are
> 2 or more [WO] names, the sentence works, but when there
> are only 2 people in the household (Head and wife, Head
> and child, etc.) the sentence reads "Enumerated with John
> Smith WERE Mary Smith".
>
> To be clearer, what I am looking for is a variable so
> that the sentence would work with just one [WO]
> (Enumerated with John Smith WAS Mary Smith), or with two
> or more [WO] (Enumerated with John Smith WERE Mary Smith
> and Betty Smith). Is there a way to include a variable
> depending on the number of [WO]?

Cheryl,

There's no such variable, I'm afraid. I can think of two solutions:

1) Change the wording so it doesn't matter. Maybe something like "The
household also included [WO]"

2) Use Roles to create two separate sentences, one for multiple other
persons and one for only one. Then assign the correct role to the
Principal --

- your normal role (just Principal?) for households with no others or
more than one

- With One = Enumerated with [P] was [WO]

Terry Reigel


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