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From: "Fran Anderson" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Custom Sentence Question
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 10:05:13 -0700
References: <200462112513.057301@Terry3>


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]?
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My Principal sentence ends with:
<with [WO] in the same household> <[M]>

My Witness sentence ends with:
census listed [W]< along with [WO]> in the household of <[R:Head]><in
[L]>

This seems to work well no matter how many witnesses.

Fran Anderson
Olympia, Washington, USA

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