On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 11:27:01 -0700 (PDT), Paul wrote:
> On 1 Jul, 10:30, The Wanderer <wande...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:14:05 +0200, 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.
>>
>> I don't think so, unless you're from the other side of the pond.
>>
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>> the dot wanderer at tesco dot net
>
> I tried to read a bit about the three-phased electrical power
> distribution system, but never came across the usage, 'alternate
> between three phases'.
No, and neither have I, and I was an Electrical Engineer by profession.
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