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Subject:Re: All this hand wringin From:Marilynne Smith <m -dot- smith182 -at- GENIE -dot- GEIS -dot- COM> Date:Sat, 30 Jul 1994 16:42:00 UTC
In support of English as a second language people, please explain what their
lower right hand is. . . do they also have an upper right hand? How many
hands do they have anyway? (Most of us have two, but there are usually four
corners to a page.)
I've always been taught to add "hand" to this instruction, but as a matter
of practicality and translation, I think leaving the word out altogether is
much less confusing.
-Marilynne
m -dot- smith182 -at- genie -dot- geis -dot- com
