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Subject:Re: More on the topic of words . . . From:Jane_Torpie_at_III-HQ -at- PROTEON -dot- COM Date:Thu, 3 Feb 1994 14:27:00 EST
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Bonni Graham writes:
For what it's worth. I don't much like proactive, but it doesn't push
nearly the buttons for me that "impact" used as a verb does.
I gnash my teeth when I hear "interface" used as a verb.
I also can't stand "input" or "output" as verbs. But sometimes I chuckle
when I hear them used as verbs; I think of "put in" and "put out" ...
Sometimes usage is funny stuff!
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Jane Torpie
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Easel Corporation
Burlington, MA
617-221-2100
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