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Sam wrote:
> On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 18:31:29 GMT, John in Detroit
> <Blanked@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>
>>Mark Lloyd wrote:
>>
>>
>>>There is a problem with that word, "seperated". It sounds like
>>>something has been done to it (and it can't be seperated if it isn't
>>>combined first). How about avoiding the ambiguity and calling it
>>>"seperate"? That's the right word anyway.
>>>
>>
>>Ok, you may feel free to substitute SEPARATE for every incidence of
>>SEPARATED in anything I typed other than the last bit where I spoke of
>>processing.
>
>
> You see the problem with that. think about what happens then people
> actually mean "seperated".
>
>
>> Actually, in context the two words have the same meaning.
>
>
> No they don't. "seperated" is the past-tense form of a verb (indicates
> an action was performed). "seperate" is a condition (adjective).
> Sounds like something I learned in Elementary School. You probably
> did too.
>
> Even if "seperated" could be used for either, there is a potential for
> confusion, as happened with that other poster. I guess he assumed that
> "seperated" meant "seperated", rather than something else.
>
Separated is one of those strange words that can have differet types
Seperate is also
Separated, in this context, means "Traveling down separate wires"
Seperate, refers to the wires theselves, That's about all I can tell
you... YOu have to look at the word in context.
However. In the case of Satalite or Digital cable, it is combined before
broadcase and then sliced out, (your defination of seperated) so it fits.
However in my case the infomation is already separate, and it will
follow separate paths to where it's going... Kind of important to keep
those paths the same length though
Sam wrote:
> On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 18:31:29 GMT, John in Detroit
> <Blanked@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>
>>Mark Lloyd wrote:
>>
>>
>>>There is a problem with that word, "seperated". It sounds like
>>>something has been done to it (and it can't be seperated if it isn't
>>>combined first). How about avoiding the ambiguity and calling it
>>>"seperate"? That's the right word anyway.
>>>
>>
>>Ok, you may feel free to substitute SEPARATE for every incidence of
>>SEPARATED in anything I typed other than the last bit where I spoke of
>>processing.
>
>
> You see the problem with that. think about what happens then people
> actually mean "seperated".
>
>
>> Actually, in context the two words have the same meaning.
>
>
> No they don't. "seperated" is the past-tense form of a verb (indicates
> an action was performed). "seperate" is a condition (adjective).
> Sounds like something I learned in Elementary School. You probably
> did too.
>
> Even if "seperated" could be used for either, there is a potential for
> confusion, as happened with that other poster. I guess he assumed that
> "seperated" meant "seperated", rather than something else.
>
Separated is one of those strange words that can have differet types
Seperate is also
Separated, in this context, means "Traveling down separate wires"
Seperate, refers to the wires theselves, That's about all I can tell
you... YOu have to look at the word in context.
However. In the case of Satalite or Digital cable, it is combined before
broadcase and then sliced out, (your defination of seperated) so it fits.
However in my case the infomation is already separate, and it will
follow separate paths to where it's going... Kind of important to keep
those paths the same length though
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