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RE: Slightly OT but need advice on invented verbs (e.g., to gate)
Subject:RE: Slightly OT but need advice on invented verbs (e.g., to gate) From:"Swallow, William" <WSwallow -at- courion -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 19 Jul 2001 11:38:07 -0400
Jo wrote:
[Ah, the verbing of America. I would probably write something like "Access
to
this function is permitted or denied based on role authorization." Or, "Role
authorization determines which users are allowed access to this function."]
Access is functionized based on role authorization? ;P
OK, going back to my cell. *g*
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