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> A belated thanks to all who responded intelligently to my request
> for suggestions for dealing with "asserted and de-asserted",
> especially, Richard Mateosian, Erik Harris and Aahz.
> To those who made dumb comments, I recommend that you refrain from
> offering suggestions when you know nothing about a subject. I
> already knew that de-assert was not in any dictionary. I was trying
> to find out whether or not it had become accepted anyway.
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Sorry, if you make a request for suggestions to a list, I don't believe
you're entitled to preselect those who meet *your* criteria for an
*intelligent* answer. We all have to do a certain amount of sorting and
selecting when we ask for advice and help, and putting down those who
didn't do it to our liking is poor form. IMHO, of course!
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Julie Gephart, practicing random acts of editing.
