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Letter: Alternatively . . .

Mr Harold G. Stone
Thursday 12 May 1994 23:02 BST
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Sir: Katherine Hill (12 May) has misapplied the 'two alternatives' rule to the case quoted.

An analogy to illustrate this is that sugar, ink and butter are alternatives for saccharin, pencil and margarine. Either group comprises three alternatives.

Yours faithfully,

HAROLD G. STONE

Wareham,

Dorset

12 May

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