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should it be the logged-on user or the logged on user ?
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From: bounce-techwr-l-20533 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com On Behalf Of Brad
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 1999 1:38 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: log vs login
>
> My argument is that 1) multiple wrongs don't make a right and 2)
> "set up" is the verb and "setup" is the noun, but "log in" is
> always a verb and "log" is the noun.
>
Login or logon are either:
- adjectives (example, the logon field)
- nouns (example, the logon)
"Log" alone suggests to me that there's a log file somewhere or a tree that
has been cut down and cut into lengths.
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