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From: "I. R. Khan" <ir_khan@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Looking for appropriate world
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 13:42:49 +0900
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> I guess it depends on the context. You might say "turn South on I-280,
> then follow the signs to the Winchester Mystery House." I think when
> talking ABOUT the signs, they're just "signs", but when refering to the
> signs,
> they're "roadsigns". So you might say "my, the roadsigns around here sure
> are confusing", but "I didn't have any trouble following the signs to
> get to your house."
Thanks again. I want to write something like this:
"In a graphics application, the roadsigns THAT offer directions are
generally represented by an image file. To reduce the size of data, we will
represent these signs by a small text file and a single color."
Is the usage of THAT correct, or should it be THOSE or WHICH?
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