The devil is in the details - in this case in the text that you show as [...] I said "... here ...". Unless you are accustomed to NZ documents your observations are unlikely to be wholly relevant, notwithstanding the somewhat universality of legalese. . Russell >> [...] almost any word which is acceptable English is 'good to go' >> in >> almost any context. > > At least from the languages I know, this applies to all of them. > >> So 'fortnight' could be used without raising an eyebrow in any >> context at >> all. > > Maybe, maybe not... I at least haven't seen it in a contract. Nor > in a > formal text written in the last ten years. Which probably means that > it > would raise a few eyebrows if it were used. At least among the ones > who > read such stuff... :) -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist