Re: Grammar?

["Robert B. Kennedy" <textexcellence -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Paul,

You may not want to hear this, but I'd remove
the word "type" from the sentence:

There are five notices used in this manual:
three different warnings, a caution, and a note.

You may then define the three warnings.

Bobby

--- Paul Kent <pkent -at- tripathimaging -dot- com> wrote:
> I'm having trouble with my sentence mechanics.  Are there any grammaticians
> out there who can weigh in on this?
> 
> Which of these is correct:
> There are five notice types used in this manual: three types of warning, a
> caution, and a note.
> There are five notice types used in this manual: three types of warnings, a
> caution, and a note.


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