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> And so the discussion gets bogged down in the high fen...
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: McLauchlan, Kevin
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 4:08 PM
> To: salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: RE: Usage question - "... un-initialized state" or "...
> anuninitialized state"
>
> 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. :-)
Oh, for peat's sake!
;-)
Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-903-6372
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