RE: "and then," or simply "then"?

Subject: RE: "and then," or simply "then"?
From: "Gordon McLean" <gordon -dot- mclean -at- ciboodle -dot- com>
To: "'Sean Brierley'" <sbrierley -at- Accu-Time -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:34:14 +0100

Conversely, what does the reader GAIN?

We could do this all day you know... ;-)

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From: techwr-l-bounces+gordon -dot- mclean=ciboodle -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
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Behalf Of Sean Brierley
Sent: 23 September 2008 14:33
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: "and then," or simply "then"?

No, what I'm saying is if you have two options, both of which get the point
across in a clear way, and one of which is grammatically correct and the
other grammatically incorrect, why not choose the one that is grammatically
correct? What do you have to lose by getting the point across AND being
grammatically correct?

Cheers,

Sean

-----Original Message-----
From: Gordon McLean [mailto:gordon -dot- mclean -at- ciboodle -dot- com]
<snip>

Are you saying that option 1 fails to get the information across to the user
because it is grammatically incorrect?

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RE: "and then," or simply "then"?: From: Gordon McLean
RE: "and then," or simply "then"?: From: Sean Brierley

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