RE: compound word usage

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>]

It's not usage; it's obstreperusness and an arrogant refusal to learn.


Bonnie Granat
http://www.GranatEdit.com


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.com] On Behalf Of Ladonna Weeks
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 3:48 PM
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> Subject: compound word usage
> 
> Hello,
>  
> I know that it is technically correct to split "setup", "login",
> and "logout" into two words when using them as verbs but I see
> them quite often as one-word verbs. The GUI for our new product
> is replete with them. My inclination is to let them be since it
> appears to me to be an emerging trend of usage in the industry.
> What do you think?


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