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  3. From: clc@nevada.edu (Chris L. Cobb)
  4. Subject: Re: Discretion
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec22.192544.868@nevada.edu>
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  10. Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 19:25:44 GMT
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  13. fyoung@gssec.bt.co.uk (Fraser Young) writes:
  14. >macika@emunix.emich.edu (Dominic Macika (Asst. Lab Supervisor)) writes...
  15. >>"Discretion is the better part of valor."
  16. >                                      ^^^^^     
  17. >Just a small point: Is spelling ever important in quotations?
  18. >I'm sure Shakespeare/Falstaff didn't use any Americanisms when he wrote it :)
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  20. The commercial availability of software to check spelling, grammar,
  21. and style does serve quite well as a form of stupidity tax.
  22. -- Amanda Walker
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  25. Chris L. Cobb -- clc@nevada.edu -- B0 f t+ w c+ g k+ s++ p
  26. This signature is not Politically Correct, just differently worded!
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