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to: MARK LEWIS
from: WILFRED VAN VELZEN
date: 2016-08-23 18:21:00
subject: Re: New: PING/TRACE funct

Hi,

On 2016-08-23 11:31:00, mark lewis wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:
  about: "New: PING/TRACE function. Tests requested.":

 WV>>>> before I started working on my code, to see what kind of responses
 WV>>>> I
 WV>>>> would get. From the 18 I send out I got 9 responses from 8 systems.

 PQ>>>                              ^
 PQ>>> The appropriate word is sent.  I see this form often misused.

 WV>> I probably write that all the time. Because in my mind (mint?;)) it
 WV>> sounds like a 'd'. And you do write 'sending' not 'senting'... ;)

 ml> i will send the file.

 ml> i am sending it now.

 ml> the file has been sent.

 ml> ;)

Thanks for the lesson.

(And this is not a sarcastic remark! ;))

Bye, Wilfred.


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