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Old 22-Jul-2005, 08:59
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Default The word 'importance'
Webster Dictionary defines 'importance' as 'the quality or state of being important'.
What's unclear to me is what 'quality' is and what 'state' is.
When does the word 'importance' denote a quality and when does it denote a state?
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