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Lcchang Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Stoppage

At the end of the last century, the Y2K computer virus could have caused chaos in information system.

I like to use stoppage in stead of chaos. May I use that word? Please advise.

LCChang
  

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Well, you'd have to change the structure from ' chaos in the information systems ' to ' stoppage of the information systems '-- but stoppage is not nearly as calamitous as chaos . The impression the statement makes will change.

— Mister Micawber

  • Well, you'd have to change the structure from ' chaos in the information systems ' to ' stoppage of the information systems '-- but stoppage is not nearly as calamitous as chaos .
  • The impression the statement makes will change.
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Well, you'd have to change the structure from 'chaos in the information systems' to 'stoppage of the information systems'-- but stoppage is not nearly as calamitous as chaos. The impression the statement makes will change.
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