On 6/24/2013 12:52 PM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
I expect that the subtle differences between these words are lost on
non-native speakers, and even most native speakers, of English. I'd be
genuinely curious to hear that you think the distinct meanings are.
I suspect you are wrong...
In your implication that there is /any/ meaningful distinction made by
native English speakers when reading an RFC...
For the times I've seen the different words used normatively in RFC, I
have not discerned any semantic difference.
d/
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Dave Crocker
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