>> How many people say "shall" that often in a day?
> If I'm writing a programming spec, you'd be surprised! "Shall",
> "should", and "will", with very important graduations of meaning :)
Cf. http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2119.html
I find this a useful reference for idiots in my day job -- the kind of people who write a policy saying something "should" be done and then get all confused when I ask, "So when'd it be OK for that not to happen?"
<ihq>But they're not as dim as some of the folk on this list.</ihq>
Cheers, Nick
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