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RE: KLBC: verb suffix on noun ?



[email protected] on behalf of Alan Anderson wrote:
> {vI'} is specifically "decimal point".  The dot in "3.3.5" is merely a
> separator; I think {DoD} is more appropriate here (even if it might be
> a colloquialism).

{DoD} is specifically "mark (in coordinates)," and we're not talking about 
coordinates.  I don't see that either one is correct.  Or, to put it another 
way, what makes this use of {DoD} a colloquialism, and a similar use of {vI'} 
not one?

SuStel
Stardate 97840.3



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