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|    =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=C3=B8j?= to Michael Kraemer    |
|    Re: SPRs and vmssoftware.com    |
|    08 Aug 25 14:23:20    |
      From: arne@vajhoej.dk              On 8/8/2025 2:21 PM, Michael Kraemer wrote:       > 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".              What do you call the year 1999? The year one thousand nine hundred and       ninety nine?              :-)              Arne              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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