Re: FW: double-click or double click

["Mitman, Rikki" <Rikki -dot- Mitman -at- COMPAQ -dot- COM>]

I have to disagree with that one. I don't think Kathy's comments mean
that any two words can be strung together. And I certainly would not
make pick list one word.

Anyone else?

>-----Original Message-----
>From:  Kathryn J Acciari [SMTP:acciari -at- ACSU -dot- BUFFALO -dot- EDU]
>Sent:  Friday, June 20, 1997 6:47 AM
>To:    TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>Subject:       Re: FW: double-click or double click
>
>Kathy,
>
>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.
>

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