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Ian Hoare
 
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Salut/Hi Michael Pronay,

le/on Tue, 23 Aug 2005 15:11:19 +0200, tu disais/you said:-

>Mark Lipton > wrote:
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>>> No "supersede" function with your newsreader?

>
>> Many news servers no longer honor either supercedes

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><nitpicking> super_s_edes </nitpicking>


According to my spell checker both spellings are correct - to my amazement.
I was convinced the correct spelling is supercede. Given that both are
permissable, I nevertheless tend towards Mark's spelling as the root verb is
"cede" from the Latin verb cedere - to give up.

>Really? Never heard of anything like that. My newsreader doesn't
>offer the possibility to supersede or cancel anything else than my
>own postings.



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