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Subject:Re: "Inserting" vs "Adding" From:"Ellen L. Lidington" <elidington -at- ITSA -dot- NET> Date:Wed, 14 Apr 1999 16:28:25 -0400
In my experience you add such things as comments and
insert things like rows (in tables).
Ellen
On Wednesday, April 14, 1999 3:18 PM, Michelle Leonguerrero [SMTP:MichelleL -at- OA -dot- COM] wrote:
> Hello, all.
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> Is there a rule about when to use "insert" vs "add" to describe a user
> action? For example, is it more correct to write "Inserting Comments" or to
> write "Adding Comments?"
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> TIA
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