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The exact phrase needs to be found
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01/08/2009 16:50:38
 
 
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>>>>>>>There is no such option in the search anymore.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Then that's a real shame. How on earth am I going to search for any message about "foxpro.h"?!
>>>>>
>>>>>May be we just need to ask Michel to re-introduce this type of search back.
>>>>
>>>>Ask? It is a requirement. ;)
>>>>
>>>>(For those who don't understand the ;) : I once 'required' a response from YAG, assuming - not being a native speaker - that 'to require' is similar to 'to ask'. I was blamed for putting pressure on YAG and it took a while before it became clear that it was mainly a language problem.)
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>>>Similar to my own misunderstanding of the word "demand". I thought it meant "require" but learnt that it meant "ask for", like in french.
>>
>>Demand is not the same as 'ask for.' You can ask for something or you can demand something. If you demand something, you are asking with a LOT LOT LOT of emphasis and WITH AUTHORITY. Not sure how else to emphasis the difference other than to capitalize it all here for you. :o)
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>I just checked Google Langauge, and find that demand means exactly what I thought it did. Now I don't understand why I was told differently in the thread Peter pointed to. But never mind...

In that subthread message #1210764 comes closest. Perhaps there was some other branch of the thread where you was criticized.
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Peter de Valença

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