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Subject:Built-in to vs. built in to From:Valerie Archambeau <varchamb -at- MIDWAY -dot- UCHICAGO -dot- EDU> Date:Tue, 22 Nov 1994 13:18:43 -0600
I am currently in a conundrum over the correct usage of "built-in to" when
referring to Macs with built-in Ethernet and LocalTalk.
I feel fine writing "Macintoshes with built-in Ethernet require a
transceiver...." but what about "LocalTalk is built in to every Macintosh
computer."
A colleague suggested "built-in _on_ every Macintosh" but that just doesn't
sit well with me. Of course in this case, I could rework to "Every Mac has
built-in LocalTalk" , but there other cases where reworking is not
possible.
Any ideas?
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Valerie Archambeau
Information Management Specialist &
Education Coordinator
Academic Information Technologies
The University of Chicago
varchamb -at- midway -dot- uchicago -dot- edu
