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Subject:Re: <Populate as a verb for "fill in" From:Merry <manu!merry -at- UUNET -dot- UU -dot- NET> Date:Fri, 13 Jan 1995 13:19:42 -0500
In-Reply-To: UUNET:uunet!VM1.ucc.okstate.edu!TECHWR-L's message of 01-13-95
09:09
Plain English (as in "fill in the field" or "the field contains") always gets
my vote. Yes, most people understand this meaning of populated, but it sounds
like jargon.
