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The future reference, "supersede" should be so spelled.

I'd b interested in any comments about the sentence below (and in the subject header)so long as they are not about the correct spelling of supersede.
The future reference, "supersede" should be so spelled.
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[nq:1]I'd b interested in any comments about the sentence below (and in the subject header)so long as they are not about the correct spelling of supersede. [/nq] I think it's okay, though "the" should obviously be "for". I would probably have written: "For future reference, the correct spelling is "supersede".

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  • [nq:1]I'd b interested in any comments about the sentence below (and in the subject header)so long as they are not about the correct spelling of supersede.
  • [/nq] I think it's okay, though "the" should obviously be "for".
  • I would probably have written: "For future reference, the correct spelling is "supersede".
  • Adrian
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[nq:1]I'd b interested in any comments about the sentence below (and in the subject header)so long as they are not about the correct spelling of supersede. The future reference, "supersede" should be so spelled.[/nq]
I think it's okay, though "the" should obviously be "for".

I would probably have written: "For future reference, the correct spelling is "supersede".
Adrian
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[nq:2]I'd b interested in any comments about the sentence below ... of supersede. The future reference, "supersede" should be so spelled.[/nq]
[nq:1]I think it's okay, though "the" should obviously be "for". I would probably have written: "For future reference, the correct spelling is "supersede".[/nq]
You could write: For future reference, spelling the word "supersede" "supersede" superse
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[nq:2]I'd b interested in any comments about the sentence below ... of supersede. The future reference, "supersede" should be so spelled.[/nq]
[nq:1]I think it's okay, though "the" should obviously be "for". I would probably have written: "For future reference, the correct spelling is "supersede".[/nq]
I'd leave off the first phrase and invert: "'Supersede' is the correct spelling." Who ne
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[nq:2]I'd b interested in any comments about the sentence below ... of supersede. The future reference, "supersede" should be so spelled.[/nq]
[nq:1]I think it's okay, though "the" should obviously be "for"[/nq]
I think the person using it means 'the', not 'for'.
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[nq:1]I'd b interested in any comments about the sentence below (and in the subject header)so long as they are not about the correct spelling of supersede. The future reference, "supersede" should be so spelled.[/nq]
That's difficult without the referent.
What does it say about the past and present references?

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
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[nq:2]I think it's okay, though "the" should obviously be "for"[/nq]
[nq:1]I think the person using it means 'the', not 'for'.[/nq]
"The person using it" can't* "mean" 'the' unless "supersede" *is "the future reference", and you'd have to convince me that that makes any sense. And if you're right, why is there a comma missing?

Adrian
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[nq:2]I think it's okay, though "the" should obviously be "for"[/nq]
[nq:1]I think the person using it means 'the', not 'for'.[/nq]
Well, he or she shouldn't. Short of some ingenious elaboration of context.

Mike.
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