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   Message 262,941 of 264,096   
   Michael Kraemer to All   
   Re: SPRs and vmssoftware.com   
   08 Aug 25 20:21:56   
   
   From: m.kraemer@gsi.de   
      
   On 08.08.2025 19:43, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
      
   > And "hundreds of" is undoubtedly correct. As it strictly speaking   
   > just say more than two hundred.   
   >   
   > Some readers may assume that hundreds imply less than thousand. But   
   > that is reading between the lines.   
      
   No need to read between, just stay on line.   
   In my part of the universe "several hundred" means just that,   
   "less than thousand".   
   If it were more, they surely would have bragged about   
   "more than thousand".   
      
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