by "John Briggs" <john.briggs4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Jun 30, 2008 at 11:37 PM
ADPUF wrote:
> 22:53, luned́ 30 giugno 2008, John Briggs:
>> minimus wrote:
>>> Which one is correct?
>>>
>>> Alternate between three things
>>>
>>> Alternate among three things
>>
>> Neither: alternate between two things.
>
> Suppose you have a three phase electric power system: you can
> alternate each one of the three phases to connect a mono-phase
> load every day to a different one of them.
"Alternate" is only correctly used for two choices.
--
John Briggs
