[GVARC] FW: ARRL Emergency Course Registration

Mon, 18 Aug 2003 16:33:16 -0700

Hi gang,

I went back and re-read the original message.  Please note that TWO
classes are being announced.

EC-002 begins August 26.  Registration is open through August 17, or
until all seats are filled.
EC-003 begins September 2.  Registration is open through the weekend
of August 23-24, or until all available seats have been filled -- 
whichever comes first.

As I see it, the writer tried to say too much in one sentence.  Worse,
he did it twice.  Perhaps it would have been better to phrase each
class announcement in two or more sentences.  I think that's what Mr.
Jordan, my high school English teacher, would have recommended.

73,
Russ  N7DW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Johnson" <[email protected]>
To: "Kevin Levonius" <[email protected]>; "'Frank Fahrlander'"
<[email protected]>; "'GVARC'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 8:36 AM
Subject: RE: [GVARC] FW: ARRL Emergency Course Registration

> If you parse the sentence after removing the prepositional
> phrase "for the United Technologies Corporation Grant-sponsored
> Level II ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Communications on-line
> course (EC-002)", the sentence should still read correctly, and it
> does:  "Registration that begins August 26 remains open through
> midnight Sunday, August 17".  A little further into the message,
> the starting date is mentioned: "Class begins Tuesday, September 2."
>
> 73,
> Jim
>
>
>
> At 06:17 PM 8/15/2003, Kevin Levonius wrote:
> >Mr. Miller,
> >
> >Am I reading this message correctly.
> >
> >Message states in part...."Registration for the United Technologies
> >Corporation Grant-sponsored Level II ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency
> >Communications on-line course (EC-002) that begins August 26
remains
> >open through midnight Sunday, August 17".
> >
> >Registration begins August 26 and remains open through midnight
Sunday,
> >August 17?
> >
> >Clarification requested.
> >
> >Thank you,
> >Kevin
> >NJ6L
> >SK
> >
>
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