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From: "Kay Schmidt" <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] Double Commas in Census Sentence
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 15:54:20 -0800
In-Reply-To: <MWDE05LA81TbdkSmLAz00000013@mail2world.com>


Rats, I hate when I miss something obvious like that!!

... Kay Schmidt

-----Original Message-----
From: Janis Rodriguez [mailto:]
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 1:44 PM
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Subject: RE: [TMG] Double Commas in Census Sentence


Terry said:

However, I'd note that in my example sentence, the
detail field was intended for the street address,
not the district/ward information.

Then Kay Schmidt said:

I would think the street address should go in the
Address field. ;-)

Actually, it is labeled the "Addressee" field, which connotes a person vs. a
place.

Addressee - NOUN: The _one_ to whom something is addressed.

The American HeritageR Dictionary of the English
Language, 4th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
www.bartleby.com/61/.

I always wondered why it was named "Addressee" when it was supposed to be
part of the _place_ definition... but someone said it was for use in mailing
labels. Still doesn't make much sense to me. Almost no one I know uses it
for that purpose but we have found all sorts of other uses for it!

Jan
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