Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 09:15:14 -0600

From: Kat Rose Kat.Rose[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SPOT.COLORADO.EDU

Subject: Re: Available by calling



Peter McGraw asked about the construction "is available by calling."



I can't tell you anything about the history of the phrase, but I write and

edit for a living, and I change this to a simple "is available

from...at..." at every opportunity. "...may be ordered by calling" would be

on less shaky ground, grammatically, but "from" would still be the better

choice, on the KISS principle.



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