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Subject:Dialog vs Dialogue From:"Taylor, Steve" <steve -dot- taylor -at- ALLEGIANCETELECOM -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 10 Jul 1998 12:18:41 -0500
It's a dialog box, but let's have a dialogue.
It's not a dialogue box.
IMHO.
It seems many of these word usage and grammar posts could be answered if one
would open a style manual, either AP or Sun's or Microsoft's. The one I use
(Microsoft) answers most of these questions, such as the earlier post on
displays.
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