document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1140373>Question 1140373</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Working together, it takes two different sized hoses 30 minutes to fill a small swimming pool. If it takes 40 minutes for the longer hose to fill the swimming pool by itself, how long will it take the smaller hose to fill the pool on it’s own? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #760900 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Alan3354><B>Alan3354(69443)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Alan3354><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Alan3354><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=760900\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> it's = it is<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Years ago, I was in ATL waiting to board a flight to Houston.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A guy at the podium said, \"We'll be boarding flight ??? to Houston momentarily.\"<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I asked him, \"How momentary until we board?\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "He didn't seem to know what I meant.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If he had said, \"We'll be boarding soon ... \" and I asked, \"How soon?\" there would have been no confusion.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Some people seem to think saying \"momentarily\" instead of soon makes them appear to be intelligent.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Sorry, it's just the opposite.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I don't recall where \"momentarily\" was used.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I would never cast aspersions or belittle anyone's intelligence, or even mention another tutor by name.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But, consider the statement, \"We will leave momentarily.\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Does that mean we will leave soon?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Or we will leave for a moment?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"Momentarily\" injects ambiguity into the statement.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then there's \"hopefully.\"  It means \"with hope,\" from \"hopeful,\" not \"I hope.\"<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"We'll go there later, hopefully.\" means we will go there with hope (for something), not that we hope we will go there.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"Thankfully\" has been misused for such a long time that it's hopeless.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Americans are very careless with speech.  IDK if that's peculiar to English speakers only.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When I correct and mark up papers many students are confused by my corrections and clarifications.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I won't deign to cavil the point further.<BR>\n" );
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