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Old 08-September-2008, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Warren Platts View Post
The 'or' in 'conservative or "worst case" assumption' merely serves as a comma between two adjectives. ...
Wrong. Replacing the "or" with a comma is grammatically incorrect and does change the meaning of the sentence.
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