Re: there is vs. there's

["Kathleen MacDowell" <kathleen -at- writefortheuser -dot- com>]

Personally, in this case I find the original easier to read and
understand than the rewrites.

But in general I'd avoid using "there is" and its derivatives.

Regards,

Kathleen

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Milan Davidovic <milan -dot- lists -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
> On 4/16/08, Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net> wrote:
> >  Is there a case where a sentence with "there is" is not better stated
> >  without "there is"?
>
> This article:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922784
>
> is titled "There is a documentation error in the code example of the
> "MailMessage.AlternateViews Property" MSDN article"
>
> It could have been titled
>
> "The code example of the "MailMessage.AlternateViews Property" MSDN
> articlecontains a documentation error."
>
> or
>
> "The "MailMessage.AlternateViews Property" MSDN article contains a
> documentaiton error in the code example"
>
> What are the relative merits and problems of each approach? Discuss. (10 points)
>
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