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From: Dare @ Work <oludare@ix.netcom.com> > Yes you're right but that's not the way I read the phrase. Why make your > phrase complex when you could have used "first". My conclusion is that there > is a subliminal message in his reply to the lady. > The English language is rich and we should not try to downgrade it to look like a Taiwanese computer manual (and don't give me any racist lecture now). I'm sure Dave would have equally critical had the offender not been a "female kind of girl" (to quote Popeye).
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