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Subject:Re: Vice Versa From:dski -at- CAMEONET -dot- CAMEO -dot- COM -dot- TW Date:Sat, 25 May 1996 02:49:11 GMT
Matt Wiseley tapped out --
> Can anyone school me in the use of vice versa, whether I'm spelling it
> correctly, and whether it is considered kosher to use in documentation?
It's vice versa time again! A perennial favorite. Ta-ra-ra-boom-tee-ay...
NO offense intended; this is a worthwhile subject. Well, the *second*
part of the query is worthwhile. An opinion: "vice versa" is kosher only
if the passage is extremely short and simple, and the meaning is
blindingly clear: "select the text and then the bolding tool, or vice
versa." Anything more complicated or wordy than that, and you should
avoid using the expression: "select the text and then choose the bolding
tool, or choose the tool and then select the text."
Dan Strychalski dski -at- cameonet -dot- cameo -dot- com -dot- tw
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