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Subject:Re: Following From:"Kim L. Shaw" <103205 -dot- 402 -at- COMPUSERVE -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 3 Oct 1996 13:58:49 EDT
I suspect it's a matter of preference, but I too dislike starting a sentence
with the word "following." I don't even like "the following" if I can avoid it.
I'd rewrite Jonh's sentence this way:
Here are descriptions of the fields in the Positioning tab:
or maybe
Descriptions of fields in the Positioning tab follow.
Kim Shaw
Words & Graphics Inc.
103205 -dot- 402 -at- compuserve -dot- com
