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From: "Trevor" <>
Subject: RE: Message Posted on behalf of BillP
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 16:18:58 +0100
References: <4F7DB532.2070502@blueyonder.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <4F7DB532.2070502@blueyonder.co.uk>


As below, the word 'option' is also singular, implying that only one word or
person is required when both options od alternatives are required :=(
Trev

-----Original Message-----
From:
[mailto:] On Behalf Of David A Hudson
Sent: 05 April 2012 16:08
To:
Subject: Message Posted on behalf of BillP

Thank you, BillP. You are absolutely correct, have identified a grammatical
error and are as pedantic as I.

An alternative is, "something that is different from something else,
especially from what is usual, and offering the possibility of choice".
(Definition of alternative noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's
Dictionary & Thesaurus <http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/>;
C Cambridge University Press)

In the example you quote of Curphey or Bradley, the alternative is Bradley
whilst Curphey or Bradley is an option.

So:

#COMMENT(2) entry reads<alternative> for<field> Where<alternative> is the
alternative from the record and<field> is the field in the record, either
surname, given name, mother's name, spouse name, district, volume of page
number. Note that there is no space between "#COMMENT" and the "(2)".

should read;

#COMMENT(2) entry reads<option> for<field> Where<option> is the option
from the record and<field> is the field in the record, either surname,
given name, mother's name, spouse name, district, volume or page number.
Note that there is no space between "#COMMENT" and the "(2)".

to be grammatically correct.

David
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