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:::Well, honestly! [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 18:14, 16 November 2008 (EST)
:::Well, honestly! [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 18:14, 16 November 2008 (EST)
::::Instruct (v.): to give knowledge to. Yes, that's what I did. I didn't say "commanded" or "required" or "demanded" or "forced" or "insisted". Alternatively, I could have said "taught" or "advised" or "showed" or "informed". [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 18:23, 16 November 2008 (EST)
::::Instruct (v.): to give knowledge to. Yes, that's what I did. I didn't say "commanded" or "required" or "demanded" or "forced" or "insisted". Alternatively, I could have said "taught" or "advised" or "showed" or "informed". [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 18:23, 16 November 2008 (EST)
:::::Perhaps this is a cultural difference. In the UK, instruct means order, tell. 'Advise' might have been the polite option. [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 18:27, 16 November 2008 (EST)