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Subject:RE: When the thesaurus attacks... From:APEERY -at- FAMILYDOLLAR -dot- COM To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 10 Dec 2001 18:01:14 -0500
Michelle:
"Relocate" is slightly jarring (to me), but pretty harmless. I prefer your
word choice, but I don't think it makes a big difference. However, I find
"Invoke" objectionable. 'Gee, I was going to just RUN the program, but this
says to "Invoke" it...' To me, the word choice is odd enough that I would
wonder if it might have a meaning other than "run" or "open."
Side note: I know your excerpts are out of context, so this comment might be
really dumb, but... Shouldn't it be "WITH the piece of electronic
equipment..."?
Good luck, and HTH!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: M Rassmussen [SMTP:mrassmussen -at- hotmail -dot- com]
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 5:00 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: When the thesaurus attacks...
>
...
> She wrote: "From the piece of electronic equipment, INVOKE the software
> program."
>
> I would have gone with "run" or "open" because "invoke," as I explained to
>
> her, makes me think of pasty-faced Satanic teens frolicking in the woods
> trying to animate Our Dark Lord.
>
> Later on, she told the user to RELOCATE a window to an undisplayed area.
> Wouldn't "move" be okay?
>
...What do you fine people think? Should she keep those verbs or go
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