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Subject:Re: Which came "First"? From:"Caroline Briggs (Pachaud) (Exchange)" <carolinp -at- EXCHANGE -dot- MICROSOFT -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 29 Jan 1999 08:23:42 -0800
The first example is correct. In the second example the emphasis is on the
growing, not the quality of being first.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Posada [mailto:john -at- TDANDW -dot- COM]
Sent: Friday, January 29, 1999 7:45 AM
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
Subject: Which came "First"?
Hi, guys...any opinions/facts/rules for the placement of the word
"first" in the following sentence?
"If you want to configure more than two XXXs when none exist, you must
first grow two XXXs, then grow the additional XXXs."
or
"If you want to configure more than two XXXs when none exist, you must
grow two XXXs first, then grow the additional XXXXs."
