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Subject:RE: "Turn on the radio?" From:kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 9 Nov 2001 10:47:30 -0700
Is there a single English speaker on this list who does not understand
what they are being told to do when they see "turn the radio on" or "turn
on the radio"?
Either way, the meaning is obvious. If clarity is not at risk, why waste
time debating? Pick one and move on.
Or is it just me?
-Keith (who has had no luck trying to get any of his home appliances
aroused, but who has turned them on - and off - many times) Cronin
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