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Subject:Re: VERBAGE From:Iain Harrison <iharrison -at- SCT -dot- CO -dot- UK> Date:Fri, 19 Sep 1997 09:11:28 GMT
Select the ABC Menu function you want.
The ABC menu function I want is a cheese sandwich
It was:
Select the ABC Menu function you desire.
The ABC menu function I desire is a cream cake with chocolate sauce
The ABC menu function I will have to choose is one that most nearly
suits the task in hand. Neither probably fit my wants or desires.
In other words, I'd suggest that a better phrase would be something
like
Select the appropriate ABC menu function
or
Select the relevant ABC menu function
I really don't think the users wants or desires are really the guide
to which mnu they select, unless this software is something very
special indeed!
.. If it is, can I be a beta tester?
;-)
Iain Harrison
iharrison -at- sct -dot- co -dot- uk
iain -at- hairydog -dot- clara -dot- net
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