Re: LC_CTYPE locale category and character sets.

From: Michael Everson (everson@indigo.ie)
Date: Sun Jul 19 1998 - 13:23:10 EDT

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Ar 20:50 -0700 1998-07-18, scríobh John Cowan:

>It is true that the copula can be omitted in a hed, but not when placed
>between two noun phrases: "PRESIDENT [IS] ASSASSINATED" is a good
>hed, but "PRESIDENT [IS] ASSASSIN" is not.

The second one means "The Président assassinates" not "the Président is an
assassine.

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