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Subject:RE: Features of a well-written procedure From:"Le Vie, DonaldX S" <donaldx -dot- s -dot- le -dot- vie -at- intel -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 18 Dec 2000 11:32:56 -0800
Ahh, but 40 multiplied by 7/40 = 7!!
Donn
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From: Bruce Byfield [mailto:bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com]
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 1:35 PM
To: Le Vie, DonaldX S
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Subject: Re: Features of a well-written procedure
"Le Vie, DonaldX S" wrote:
>
> The Rule of Seven is also observed in ancient literature for the exact
same
> reason: easy recall for the oral traditions.
While I agree that the Rule of Seven is generally useful, I'm not
too sure that it applies here. What would you make of the forty
days/nights/years that the ancient Hebrews were so fond of? :-)
Possibly, seven was originally chosen for mystical reasons. However,
I suspect that its persistence in oral literature is due simply to
the fact that oral works are composed by combining and making slight
changes to formulaic metrical phrases. Once seven was in there, it
may have stayed for no better reason than the fact it was there.
--
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