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Re: Yet another nitpicky style question

Subject: Re: Yet another nitpicky style question
From: "Dave Kerschbaum" <dave -at- smackdabdesign -dot- com>
To: "Brasel, Russell" <russell -dot- brasel -at- hccredit -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 10:37:49 -0500

Russell,

No, you are not being overly anal-retentive. Stand your ground!

In matters such as these, I happen to be a disciple of Lynne Truss. If
anyone is going to save language, it's going to have to start with the
sticklers.

Be strong,
dave.

On 2/8/07, Brasel, Russell <russell -dot- brasel -at- hccredit -dot- com> wrote:


"Hey, Writer! Shouldn't
this be 'PIN number,' not just 'PIN'?" The same scenario applies for
SSN. Both abbreviations appear frequently through the database, so I
need to defend myself. Am I being overly anal-retentive? After all,
Number is included in the abbreviation.

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