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From: gsmith@brahms (Gene Ward Smith)
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Subject: Re: Re: "Presently" ?= "Now"
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Date: Thu, 23-Oct-86 17:05:47 EDT
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In article <735@argon.idec.stc.co.uk> alan@idec.stc.co.uk (Alan Spreadbury) writes:


>(BTW, there a still a few
>valiant souls who say 'a thousand million' when they mean 'a thousand
>million' but I don't supose there are many who say 'a billion' when they
>mean 'a billion' (i.e. a million million)).

   Glad to hear you folks are *finally* learning to speak decent American!

ucbvax!brahms!gsmith     Gene Ward Smith/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720
"What is algebra exactly? Is it those three-cornered things?"J.M. Barrie