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|    Jim Hetley to William Vetter    |
|    Re: Beginning sentence with a number    |
|    16 May 14 05:28:34    |
      From: jhetley@hotmail.com              On Friday, May 16, 2014 2:57:03 AM UTC-4, William Vetter wrote:              > >       >       > I wonder if you can begin a sentence with       >       > .32 calibre slugs were recovered.              Well, I'd reword that as "The coroner recovered .32 caliber slugs . . ."              (Or the British spelling, if appropriate.)              Jim              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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