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Subject:RE: Setup vs Set up [was Log in vs. login] From:"Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com> To:'Chris Despopoulos' <despopoulos_chriss -at- yahoo -dot- com>, "'techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:57:48 +0000
Sure I noticed. The English language seems to change every week now.
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Subject: Setup vs Set up [was Log in vs. login]
Anybody notice how "setup" has turned into a verb? I see it more and more, not just in emails but also in professionally authored marketing copy. Computers are reducing the language... Pretty soon we'll be communicating exclusively via Unix commands.
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