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SteveB[_2_] April 25th 09 04:28 PM

Line/rope
 
Rope is a manufactured piece of any length. A line is a segment of a full
piece of rope.



John H[_2_] April 25th 09 07:23 PM

Line/rope
 
On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 09:28:49 -0600, "SteveB"
wrote:

Rope is a manufactured piece of any length. A line is a segment of a full
piece of rope.


Actually, it's the shortest distance between two points.

Is fishing line a segment of a full piece of rope? Webster says line
is '...a rope used on shipboard'. Where did you get your definition?
--

John H

"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government
results from too much government."

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