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Subject:Re: Inventing new words From:Sharon Hewitt <sharonh -at- TALKPSI -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 7 May 1996 12:04:38 -0400
This IS interesting. Prepend is not in the New Merriam-Webster Dictionary, and FrameMaker spelling checker doesn't recognize it as a word.
I, personally, have always thought that eleventeen sounded right, but I wouldn't use it in a document!
Sharon Hewitt
sharonh -at- talkpsi -dot- com
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