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Warp wrote:
> scott <sco### [at] scott com> wrote:
>>> All for the sake of saving a "by 10"...
>
>> Language, especially spoken, works like that a lot - things are dropped when
>> they are not needed.
>
> Well, that was my point: In this case it *is* needed because leaving it
> out causes confusion.
>
> One could argue that it's a well-established expression and thus shouldn't
> cause confusion, but if I have never heard or read such an expression in my
> entire life until now, I wouldn't say it's well-established. (Granted, it
> might be well-established at a local level at some places, but one should
> understand that not everybody is from that same place.)
>
word order is sometimes quite important in English.
It is square.
It is 10m square.
It is (ten meters) square.
It is ten meters square.
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Best Regards,
Stephen
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