FW: 1st OS in Vietnam

[Masud Sheikh]

Do we need to use "right" or "appropriate" for people?
If we say "whatever happened is the only thing that could have happened"
(if I remember the words correctly) why can we not also say;

"Whoever came are the only people who could have come"
Masud

On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 09:28:45 -0700, Elwin and Joan elwinandjoan at yahoo.com>
wrote:

>--- Harrison Owen <hhowen at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Idiomatic language is devilishly hard to translate,
>> and I suspect idiomatic (colloquial) English is the worst offender.
>I
>> opted for “right” = “appropriate.” Sounded good to me. What do you
>> think?
>
>Harrison,
>
>I think you did the "right" thing!  Since 90% of my OST is in former
>USSR countries I am constantly asked the same question(s) about the
>terms used in the Four Principles.  Again, you did the right...err
>"appropriate" thing.
>
>
>
>Elwin Guild
>Future Development International
>Baltimore
>elwinandjoan at yahoo.com

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