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Subject:Re: "using" as a verb in a task heading From:"Milan Davidovic" <milan -dot- lists -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"Janice Gelb" <Janice -dot- Gelb -at- sun -dot- com> Date:Wed, 2 Jul 2008 21:20:29 -0400
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Janice Gelb <Janice -dot- Gelb -at- sun -dot- com> wrote:
> Verbing the Noun
> To Verb the Noun at the Command Line
> To Verb the Noun Through the GUI
>
> If your documentation is entirely in print or in a help
> outline structure, you might be able to get away with
> not having to repeat the "verbing the noun" phrase as it
> will be right there.
And as it turns out, it's print only.
Stripping out the verb and leaving it as Method A/B (per Leonard) is
looking kind of good to me. Any other ideas?
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