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Subject:Re: For V/s Of From:Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> To:Richard Mateosian <xrmxrm -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:19:25 -0800
LOL!
Whereas, I would never use B. Ever. However, after DI's message
suggesting the implied difference, the usage of "of" makes sense:
"for this shipment": about the transport of the shipment
"of this shipment": about the contents of the shipment
Also, I would always say, "...view THE details...." I'm a big stickler
for the small stuff.
-Tony
On 2011-01-12, at 12:46 PM, Richard Mateosian <xrmxrm -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> I can understand (a), but I would always write (b).
>
> Except that I would really say "Viewing details of this shipment
> requires privilege level X." ...RM
>
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