Relative, related, relevant?

[Wilson Gray]

Well, yes. I understood what you were getting at. Your primary point was
perfectly clear. That's why I repeated "relative" in my reply. I merely
chose to offer my preference between the two alternatives that you appeared
to be suggesting. For that error, I apologize.

-Wilson.

On 3/9/06, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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>   Perhaps I wasn't clear--I should have written simply
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> "Relative"???!!!
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> (That is, my question wasn't really about which was better, "related"
> or "relevant"; it was about the error of "relative".)
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> Joel
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> At 3/9/2006 03:54 PM, you wrote:
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> >"Relative"?! My vote is for "relevant."
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> >-Wilson
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> >On 3/9/06, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> > > In the Boston Globe today, Bud Selig is quoted as saying of the
> > > forthcoming book about Barry Bonds' use of performance-enhancers "I
> > > will review all the material that's relative in every way."
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> > > Relative?  Or should this be "related" or "relevant"?
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> > > Joel
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