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From: "Elizabeth Dean Vanasse" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] My thoughts on prepositions
Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 06:07:57 -0500
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Yup, I know. Just wanted my usage thrown into the pot so that whatever
recommendations you come up with doesn't mess me up. Sort of a CYA (or
shouhld say (CMA) post <g>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darrell A. Martin" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 8:56 PM
Subject: Re: [TMG] My thoughts on prepositions


> At 12:56 AM 3/3/2005, Elizabeth Dean Vanasse wrote:
> >As I said, I sort of do that but mine are <at [L1] ><in [L]> since I'm
using
> >L1 for what most people think of as detail and using L2 (the original
> >detail) for Villages and such. (Also always specifying a prepositon.
Never
> >use any default.)
>
> Hi, Elizabeth:
>
> Not a bad system, for those who always put things that can use "at" in
[L1]. But this just stops treating the preposition as a specific part of
speech related to a place, and handles it instead as just another piece of
text. That would cause problems for a significant number of us.
>
> Darrell
>
>
> Darrell A. Martin
> a native Vermonter currently in exile in Illinois
> http://www.darrell-martin.net/genealogy/
>
>
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