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RE: Quick! What's a more business-like term for...
Subject:RE: Quick! What's a more business-like term for... From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 9 Jul 2001 08:06:36 -0700 (PDT)
To be honest, the example you gave doesn't make sense...maybe it
would if XXX and YYY were replaced with the actual terms. However,
from what I can read, the word "deviation" might work.
"The only deviation from the YYY solution is the way XXX handles the
different tax percentages for each US state."
> :: The context is "the only _new wrinkle_ for XXX in the YYY
> :: solution is
> :: handling the different tax percentages for each US state,"
> :: XXX already having experience in other areas.
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