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Subject:Re: Login, Log in, Log into From:Richard Lippincott <rlippinc -at- BEV -dot- ETN -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 28 Oct 1994 14:41:43 EDT
To answer Virginia's question, I would use:
Log into the network.
Having seen "login" enough times on the command line, I've come to think of
it as a noun (equivalent to seeing "Name" next to a blank line on an credit
card application form, for example). You're asking for an action, so "log"
is a verb.
"Log in to the network" somehow doesn't look right, in my opinion.
Rick Lippincott
Eaton Semiconductor
rlippinc -at- etn -dot- bev -dot- com
