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Old Tue Apr 05, 2011, 08:59am
mbyron mbyron is offline
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Originally Posted by Snaqwells View Post
That seems like a lot of words to replace "optional."
To say that a mechanic is optional is ambiguous between:
a) an official opting never to use the mechanic, and
b) an official opting to use it only occasionally when needed to communicate

I think you're using it in sense (b) and JR is rejecting sense (a). You're in violent agreement.
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