On Wed, 2007-06-13 at 10:13 -0400, Daniel Brown wrote:
>     Someone needs to smack Robert.  He's off on a tangent again.  ;-P
> 
> On 6/13/07, Robert Cummings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-06-13 at 07:45 -0500, Jay Blanchard wrote:
> > > Good morning group,
> > >
> > > I am doing some searching and researching but I also know that this
> > > world famous group may have some insight and resources that I can
> > > benefit from.
> >
> > Your wish shall be answered. You can prevent dangling prepositions, such
> > as the one above, by rearranging your sentence a little.
> >
> > "I am doing some searching and researching but I also know that this
> > world famous group may have some insight and resources that I can
> > benefit from."
> >
> > Would become:
> >
> > "I am doing some searching and researching but I also know that this
> > world famous group may have some insight and resources that from which I
> > can benefit."
> 
> If you want to be technical, Cummings....
> "I have been searching and researching, but I am aware that this
> world-famous group may be able to offer some insight and resources
> from which I may benefit."

Doh! Typo! :)

> 
> >
> > > I am looking for an address validation database and API to use with our
> > > retail applications (does not have to be free). I would prefer to be
> > > able to buy data according to postal code. I will likely use AJAX to
> > > take an address that is input into the system and find a similar or
> > > better address and then offer the user the opportunity to use the
> > > returned address or the one that they put into the system. You have all
> > > seen this in operation if you use maps.google.com when it does not flat
> > > out recognize the address.
> > >
> > > Is anyone aware of anything like this that they can point me to?
> >
> > Similarly...
> >
> > "Is anyone aware of anything like this that they can point me to?"
> >
> > Would become:
> >
> > "Is anyone aware of anything like this to which they can point me?"
> 
> .... and....
> "Is anyone aware of a similar system or database?"

Baby steps my friend! We don't want them to lose focus too early in
their development :)

Cheers,
Rob.
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