Sacrificing factual fidelity for flow

[Dave Hause]

Aha!  Thanks, hadn't thought of it that way.
Dave
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From: "Benjamin Barrett" <gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM>
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Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 10:25 PM
Subject: Re: Sacrificing factual fidelity for flow


Ahh, I should explain why I find these to be so different.

The strict meaning of "The first synthesizer became commercially
available in 1964" equates the first synthesizer with the one that
became commercially available in 1964.

"The first commercially available synthesizer debuted in 1964" most
likely means that after research, the availability of handmade
laboratory synthesizers, model improvements, etc., a commercially
available was developed and debuted in 1964.

These describe very different product developments. BB

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