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From: Dr J R Stockton on 13 Aug 2010 18:12
In comp.lang.javascript message <i40094$dkb$1(a)news.eternal-
september.org>, Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:19:36, Garrett Smith
<dhtmlkitchen(a)gmail.com> posted:

>On 2010-08-11 03:05 PM, Dr J R Stockton wrote:
>> In comp.lang.javascript message<i3qcta$uc3$1(a)news.eternal-
>> september.org>, Mon, 9 Aug 2010 19:18:17, Garrett Smith
>> <dhtmlkitchen(a)gmail.com> posted:
>>
>>> On 2010-08-09 10:14 AM, Dr J R Stockton wrote:

>>> I think that you would find it useful as a
>>>> grammar/style checker as well as for spelling and other typos. Change
>>>> "results" to "gives".
>>>
>>> Why?
>>
>> Because it is better English; and because "results in" would be longer.

>How is it better English? What am I missing here?

Education.

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