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Jackson6612 Posted 18 years ago
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No, this service is only offered on selected/selective centers

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00Do you offer this service on your every center?02br
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00No, this service is only offered on 01b00selected/selective02b00 centers. 0-
  

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02i 02br 02br 00("Selective" is any process which chooses. 0-

  • 02i 02br 02br 00("Selective" is any process which chooses.
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0Hi Jackson, 02br
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01i00Is this service 01u00offered / provided02u00 at all of your service centers?02i02br
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01i00No, it's only offered at selected centers.02i02br
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00("Selective" is any process which chooses. "Selected" are the ones which get chosen.) 02br
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1i00Do you offer this service 01del00on your every center02del02i00 01i01b00at all [of] your centers02b00?02i02br
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00The word "of" is optional.02br
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01i00No, this service is only offered 01del00on02del00 01b00at02b0
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0 Thank you, Avangi and Mr Wordy. 0-
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0 Mr Wordy said: 02br
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00>Some purists would insist on 01i00No, this service is offered only at selected centers.02i02br
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00I like that, seems more logical to me050010id1
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0The purists are dead! Long live the purists!02br
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00offered only at A "offered" modifies "A" - agreed02br
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00only offered at A "only" modifies "offered" - agreed02br
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00only offered at A = "that's all they do at A" - not agreed It really means, "They only 01b01i01u0
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01cite10Avangi12cite12br
10only offered at A = "that's all they do at A" - not agreed It really means, "They only 11b11i11u10offer12u12i12b10 to fix it; they don't 11b11i11u10really12u12i12b10 fix it. They also offe
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0Thanks, Mr. Wordy, for pointing out my error. You're absolutely right. (I've got to quit posting when I'm tired.) We're in complete agreement re everything you've said on this thread. - A.02br
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00(Well, assuming that 01b01i01u00you02u02i02b00 agree with everything you've said)0-

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