Re: trademark usage questions

Subject: Re: trademark usage questions
From: Jerry Kindall <kindall -at- MANUAL -dot- COM>
Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 01:28:05 -0400

Chris Hamilton <chamilton -at- GR -dot- COM> wrote:

>"it comes in a variety of colors, such as red or purple."
>
>In this construction, red and purple are adjectives that describe
>colors.

I know people hate to have their grammar corrected, but in that sentence,
"red" and "purple" are nouns; the words don't describe but rather serve
as examples.


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