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Date:      Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:49:42 +0100
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        Stanislav Sedov <stas@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r201477 - head/games/fortune/datfiles
Message-ID:  <86fx6jgx6x.fsf@ds4.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <20100105162447.7deac6d7.stas@FreeBSD.org> (Stanislav Sedov's message of "Tue, 5 Jan 2010 16:24:47 -0800")
References:  <201001040916.o049GZ1Y013061@svn.freebsd.org> <4B4384E3.2080600@FreeBSD.org> <20100105152300.eb7a66d1.stas@FreeBSD.org> <4B43D346.4020900@FreeBSD.org> <20100105162447.7deac6d7.stas@FreeBSD.org>

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Stanislav Sedov <stas@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> Hmm, I'm not by any means the English language expert [just learning],
> but isn't "invasion of" in this context is somewhat vague?  I mean,
> from what I see from dictionaries "invasion of smth" could mean both
> the action by smth, and action against smth.  Is "invasion to"
> grammatically incorrect?

Either "the invasion of Iraq by the US" or "the US invasion of Iraq".
Never "to".

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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