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>Same goes for "existing", "selected", "current"...<
Precisely - Unless you intend to differentiate between two or more things that are available.
Ex: "To edit a selected account........." When you mean only the accounts that are checked, highlighted etc.
First thing is to determine if the original writer was trying to generalize ("any old book") or particularize ("that old book"). In speech, people use the phrase "a given" both ways - it all depends on the vocal inflection. In writing, it only serves to confuse.
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From: techwr-l-bounces+darren -dot- butler -dot- ctr=robins -dot- af -dot- mil -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+darren -dot- butler -dot- ctr=robins -dot- af -dot- mil -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Yves JEAUROND
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Subject: RE: It's a "given"!
Same goes for "existing", "selected", "current"... and
other redundant terms that insistingly restate an object's being.
It's mighty hard to edit an account that isn't :-)
Regards,
YJ
"Wilhelm, Joel" <jwilhelm -at- athenati -dot- com> a écrit :
"3. If it is possible to cut out a word, always cut it out." - George
Orwell
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