Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Snidely Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 18:48:43 -0700 Organization: Dis One Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <1rsaj4d.rtb8ajbdoy69N%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <10pkqka$22prd$1@dont-email.me> <10ppr5m$3m2br$1@dont-email.me> <10pr6gg$2t5v$1@dont-email.me> <10pv2af$1eb4h$2@dont-email.me> <87zf3wx1jt.fsf@parhasard.net> <10pvhqb$1j2vg$1@dont-email.me> <1rsjtwr.9h8wo7a6jjujN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10q2o7j$nr7l$1@news1.tnib.de> <10q4ieq$3agoi$2@dont-email.me> Reply-To: snidely.too@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:48:50 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="779053faabd88b33302d15fae4f24719"; logging-data="3541317"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+BiTUn84cll4FuloRcZcXKt46X3Flxl6I=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:oIXS3vIOt2eZlk4Hkd7dkWYWUlE= X-ICQ: 543516788 X-Newsreader: MesNews/1.08.06.00-gb Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:84152 alt.usage.english:1141048 With a quizzical look, Peter Moylan observed: > On 27/03/26 05:16, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > >> Speaking of pet peeves, one I hate is when someone says "between 50 >> to 100". The correct word is "and", not "to". The only way the word >> "to" could properly appear would be if the limits were uncertain, >> e.g. "between 45 to 55 and 90 to 110". > > On a recent TV report on a bad weather event, a reporter spoke of "wind > speeds up to more than 150 km/h". The sky's the limit. /dps -- potstickers, Japanese gyoza, Chinese dumplings, let's do it