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Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> ShengHuo ZHU <zsh@cs.rochester.edu> writes:
>
>> Any comment?
>>
>> "sending news with localhost via nntp"
>> "sending news via localhost with nntp"?
>
> Maybe "sending news to localhost via nntp"?

As a native English speaker, I think that the following would be the
most correct:

 sending news via localhost by means of nntp

The use of "to" implies in English that the ultimate destination of the
item is localhost, but that's not precisely true.  The news server on
localhost is an agent which propogates the news, and therefore "via" is
the proper word.  The second preposition could also be "via", but then
we'd have two "vias".  The use of "by means of" solves that problem,
since that second "via" has this exact meaning.

HTH

- (signed) Mr. Grammar Geek

> kai
> -- 
> ~/.signature is: umop 3p!sdn    (Frank Nobis)


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