ADPUF wrote:
> 20:34, giovedì 3 luglio 2008, Paul:
>> On 3 Jul, 04:09, ADPUF <flyhun...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> 20:27, mercoledì 2 luglio 2008, Paul:
>> "Let me try again: if a pipe smoker has three pipes, that
>> smoker can alternate among them. "
>>
>> He can not, at least, for the time being. He will have to be
>> satisfied with 'choosing one of the three pipes' or 'one among
>> the three'.
>> ( If he chooses all three at once and smokes, he's sure to
>> choke!)
>
>
> :-)
>
> What you mean is that every time the smoker chooses one of the
> pipes among three, but how can you stress the meaning of "using
> every time a different pipe in a given order"?
>
.... using (each of) them in turn
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
> (BTW, you wrote "he" but I carefully avoided to write that the
> smoker is a man ;-)
>
>
>> But then, language evolves and may be, just may be , if you
>> get lucky, they'll alternate between three things two hundred
>> years from now. Keep your fingers crossed!
>
>
> XX
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