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From: smryan@netcom.com (Dr Happy Harry Cox)
Subject: Re: "A is B" - which is subject ?
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: There is only one way to say that last sentence correctly:
:  "The set of integers is infinite."

That is a perscriptive statement. That is you are prescribing rules by
which to speak. It is not invalid, but it is different from my 
orientation.
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