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Subject:RE: dictator's - language From:LDurway -at- pav -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 3 Dec 2002 09:37:58 -0600
> Beena V Katekar wrote:
> > Hi All
> > See this step in one of the user manuals:
> > "Users with the Administrator role can forcibly logout users"
> > What is your opinion about using word " forcibly" here?
> > REgards,
> > Beena
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Hi Beena,
>
> Sounds unnecessarily adversarial, IMHO
>
> General users may be disconnected at the discretion of those with
> Administrative privileges.
>
> Administrative privileges include denying others system access.
>
> Administrators can log other users off the system.
I like Bil's approach: he uses no adverb at all.
"Forcibly" in this context is meaningless. It adds nothing.
If you remove the word, you communicate the same thing.
"The sysadmin can log you off the sys" says the same thing.
LD
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