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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Started conversation Jan 5, 2003
"...the Group 4 project which has been introduced to the IB since it began." - if it was there when it began, it wasn't "introduced". Wouldn't "...part of the IB since the outset." make more sense? 
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GTBacchus Posted Jan 5, 2003
I believe the sense of the sentence is supposed to be that it has been introduced, sometime after the IB began. There was someone in PR who'd done IB a long time ago, when there was no Group 4 project.
IIRC, of course.
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jan 5, 2003
Ah, OK, that interpretation, while not the first to come to mind when reading the sentence, has the saving grace of making some sort of sense. Perhaps the intent of the author should be ascertained at this point and some minor rewriting entered into... 
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GTBacchus Posted Jan 6, 2003
Hi Peet.
I've contacted the author, and as soon as I've received confirmation that the sentence says what I suspect it does, I'll get a rewording in to the editors.
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maduin Posted Jan 16, 2003
You know, this might sound ridiculous, but I know a teacher who says that they were the first to suggest the Group 4 week to the IBO. I'm at least sure that it wasn't there at the beginning anyway.
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GTBacchus Posted Jan 16, 2003
Sheesh, I'd almost forgotten about this. I haven't heard back from the author. I'll just get a note to an editor...
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- 1: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Jan 5, 2003)
- 2: GTBacchus (Jan 5, 2003)
- 3: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Jan 5, 2003)
- 4: GTBacchus (Jan 6, 2003)
- 5: maduin (Jan 16, 2003)
- 6: GTBacchus (Jan 16, 2003)
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