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Re: Usage question - "... un-initialized state" or "... an uninitialized state"
Subject:Re: Usage question - "... un-initialized state" or "... an uninitialized state" From:Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:11:43 -0700
Just like our ESL software engineers sticking a *[Re-Scan]* button (among
others) in the UI.
*Aaarrggghhhh! HA-rumpff!*
> Chris
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 1:08 PM, McLauchlan, Kevin <
Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com> wrote:
> Because so many people HAVE M$ Word (and Outlook and ... and....) nagging
> them when they see it without the hyphen, and that's what went into the
> user interface.
> Besides, hyphens don't offend me, and that one does serve to emphasize the
> un-ness of the state. :-)
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