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Catering for the "semi-literate"? Is that such a bad thing?
Before you all leap on this I'll quote from a recent presentation I heard
(at the UA Conference) by Prof. Geoffrey Pullum, who knows a bit about
grammar and stuff...
"Basically you are all good writers. You know what reads well and you know
how to write it."
With that in mind I think Apple have the correct approach. It scans just as
easily TO THE USERS OF THAT PRODUCT with or without the 'and'.
Gordon
P.S. Don't mention Strunk and White to Prof. Pullum as he may just suggest
that you burn your copy! (and with some merit as it happens, that was quite
a surprise to me as well)
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Behalf Of Bonnie Granat
Sent: 22 September 2008 23:56
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Subject: RE: "and then," or simply "then"?
The incorrigibles, like the poor, will always be with us. ; )
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> I too raised an eyebrow over this when I first discovered it. However,
> somehow the world has continued to move forward. I still love my iPod
> Nano if its manuals contain this construction. :) Hopefully they will
> one day see the light
>
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