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> In a book I am editing about agile testing, I am changing "on an
> environment" to "in an environment," but I am beginning to wonder
whether
> I'm correct.
An environment is that which is around you, thus you are _within_ it.
> Certainly in normal English, "in" is correct, but in some situations,
such
> as the following, is "on" ever correct?
>
> "Sometimes we're required to demonstrate system functionality on our
demo
> environment."
>
I'd change that to either:
"Sometimes we're required to demonstrate system functionality in our
demo environment."
Or:
"Sometimes we're required to demonstrate system functionality on our
demo system."
IMHO, YMMV, etc.
Richard
Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-777-0436
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