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Subject:Re: "See" and "Utilize" From:scot <scot -at- HCI -dot- COM -dot- AU> Date:Wed, 21 Feb 1996 15:12:28 +1100
>>> If I see the word "see" used ONE MORE TIME in documentation to reference
>>> another document I'm gonna lose my lunch! We "see" with our eyes. We
>>> "refer" to a document.....
>On the other hand, I feel like SCREAMING every time I see a manual that
>tells the reader to "refer to page ###" or "refer to Blankety blank manual"
>because, to me, that usage is WRONG.
Hmm, indeedily-doodily. Or to refer to another way of putting it - "I see".!
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