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Subject:Re: Simple question and/or From:Sarah Mahoney <smahoney -at- U -dot- WASHINGTON -dot- EDU> Date:Thu, 16 Sep 1993 15:43:33 -0700
I prefer "ASCII as well as binary files" but I see no
problem with using "and." I tend to be wordy anyway....!
-Sarah Mahoney
On Thu, 16 Sep 1993 sanders_j -at- TBOSCH -dot- DNET -dot- GE -dot- COM wrote:
> Hi All,
> >Okay, it's early in the day and my brain is failing so I'm writing for help.
> >I've got this sentence: With FTP you can transmit ASCII and binary files.
> >An editor changed the "and" to "or"? So???
> No damn difference that I can see. It sounds like an introductory sentence
> anyway, so any confusion could be easily dispelled later. Frankly, I don't
> see any problem.
