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Re: taking apart smoke detectors

At 12:52 21/04/99 -0400, Michael Edmiston wrote:
...

So half of me is embarrassed for using the words so sloppily, and the
other half is saying, "wait a minute... that's the way we nuclear
scientists talk."


I understand, of course, but a student using the same constructions would
be indicating a fair degree of confusion, so pardon my teacher's reaction!

Mark


Mark Sylvester
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