RE: "parallelize"

["Locke, David" <dlocke -at- bindview -dot- com>]

Chris Kowalchuk, said:

>I suggest that any "workaround" probably reads much better
>than the original.
>1. Draw two parallel lines
>2. Parallelize two lines.

We don't know the context of use, so how can you decide that the original
author didn't use the word correctly?

David Locke

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Kowalchuk [mailto:chris -at- bdk -dot- net]
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 3:33 PM
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Subject: Re: "parallelize"


Well, even if you do find it in a dictionary, it sounds like a terrible
word, and 

Note how example 1 has a meaningful verb, whereas example 2 leaves us
wondering what the sentence could possibly mean. I suspect that even
more abstract usages of "parallel" do not render the verb "parallelize"
any clearer. Go with your instincts on this one.

Chris Kowalchuk


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