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From: ags@pucc-i (Seaman)
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Subject: Re: Use of "and" - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 18-May-84 12:34:56 EDT
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We are blinded by everyday usage into putting an interpretation on

	"people in Indiana and Ohio"

that really isn't there.  That phrase should logically refer to

	1.  The PEOPLE of Indiana, and
	2.  The STATE of Ohio (but not the people).

If someone queries a program about "people in Indiana and Ohio", a 
reasonable response by the program might be to ask,

	"Do you mean people in Indiana and IN Ohio?"

which may lead eventually to the result

	"There are no people in Indiana and in Ohio."
-- 

Dave Seaman
..!pur-ee!pucc-i:ags

"Against people who give vent to their loquacity 
by extraneous bombastic circumlocution."