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Just want to express my Thanks! for your comments, which are
snipped below. I've been grappling with the correct usage/spelling
of 'picklist.' My word processor insists it should be two words,
but if I follow your rules, it is a noun and can therefore stay
as one word. Now I can go back and tell my WP a few things.
Thanks again,
Kathryn J Acciari
Technical Writer/Communicator
Buffalo, New York
acciari -at- acsu -dot- buffalo -dot- edu
On Wed, 18 Jun 1997, Wyrwas, Kathleen A wrote:
> >
> Another similar inconsistent usage I've noticed a lot (and is a personal
> pet peeve!) is "set up" vs. "setup" (or "break up" vs. "breakup",
> etc.). The issue really comes down to people not understanding which is
> the verb and which is the noun. A test that I've adopted to tell the
> difference is, can you put another word "in between" and still have it
> make sense? If so, that's the verb. If not, it's a noun.
> Regards,
> Kathy
> kathleen -dot- wyrwas -at- unisys -dot- com
> Plymouth, MI <<
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