Re: before/prior to

Subject: Re: before/prior to
From: Karen Kay <karenk -at- NETCOM -dot- COM>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 1994 09:58:21 -0700

Glen Accardo said:
> "Versions of this software prior to/before X.x" both sound sorta wierd
> to me, but I wouldn't edit either out of a sentence. When I write such
> things, I usually don't use "versions" as the subject/object. I'll
> write:

> Before version X.X, Farklesnarben caused cancer. This bug has been fixed.

It's mostly not used this way--I've get sentences and tables with
things like "this is the way things work in versions prior to 3.0, and
this is the way things work in later verions".

Karen
karenk -at- netcom -dot- com


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