Re: Which Makes Most Sense?

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From: Prisoner at War
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:14

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Herman Rubin wrote:
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> In this case, who cares?  It conveys the same meaning.
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> Likewise, in the simple case of the binomial theorem,
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> 	(x + y)^2 = x^2 + 2xy + y^2,
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> it does not matter if the "y" is pronounced "why" or "ygrec".

Depends on the context.  Obviously, if one did not know French or the
history of Latin "y" saying "y grec" could be confusing.

Me, I was typing something up and I tend to proofread by reading out
loud (weird, but sometimes only my ear will catch a mistake).  It
suddenly occurred to me, hey, is there a difference between saying "a
hundred" or "one hundred" when reading the sentence "95 in 100
samples"...like, denotatively it means the same, but maybe there's some
connotative difference?

Frivolous, yes, but it's usenet.  =)

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