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Wait... isn't the addendix a compilation of addenda
at the back of the doc?
:-)
Dan
Have something to say, and say it as clearly as you can.
That is the only secret of style. -- Matthew Arnold
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From: bounce-techwr-l-72045 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
[mailto:bounce-techwr-l-72045 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com]On Behalf Of Jane
Carnall
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 10:09 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: Appendixes vs. Annexes
>Saw a new one, yesterday:
> Addendix
>Seriously, that's what the SME wrote. It really threw me. I had to
>go make sure it's not a word. As far as I can tell, it's not a word.
Wow. That's so, so, well... bad and wrong and bad! <g> (Google offers 79
uses of "Addendix", btw, but asks pertinently: "Did you mean to search for:
Appendix ?")
Sample usage: "They also had to remove my addendix and scrape my stomach and
intestines."
Jane Carnall
The writers all stand around a cauldron chanting and occasionally tossing in
a small addendix. Unless stated otherwise, these opinions are mine, and mine
alone. Apologies for the long additional sig: it is added automatically and
outwith my control.
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