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Subject:Which comes first From:John Posada <john -at- TDANDW -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 26 Oct 1998 18:34:52 -0500
Hey, people...I'm sure there is an "official" grammar rule to address
this, but it is that time of night when nothing/everything makes sense,
so I bow to your expertise.
I have a sentence as follows:
When the new XXX is manually set, a single XXX must be taken out of
service, then put back in service to trigger ...
The question. is it "manually set" or "set manually"?
Thanks
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