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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   
      
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