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Subject:Re: Another Punctuation Question From:Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:10:13 -0800
Just don't tug or stomp on it!
> I meant to Reply List earlier but jabbed the wrong button.
>
> On 1/30/2012 1:03 PM, Cardimon, Craig wrote:
>
>> I'd use jab. I like that one.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: B.J. Smith [mailto:bjsmith -at- ucar -dot- edu]
>> Sent: lundi 30 janvier 2012 15:03
>> To: Cardimon, Craig
>> Subject: Re: Another Punctuation Question
>>
>> If not press or click, how about jab, punch, hit, poke or otherwise
>> activate the thing. :-)
>>
>> B.J.
>>
>>
>> On 1/30/2012 12:52 PM, Cardimon, Craig wrote:
>>
>>> Playing Humorous Devil's Advocate, I was thinking of Pull as the
>>> opposite of Press.
>>>
>>> *If they don't like Press, how about Pull*
>>>
>>> This is one of the many reasons I don't use humor in tech writing. It's
>>> very hard to make it fly.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Margaret Cekis [mailto:margaret -dot- cekis -at- **comcast -dot- net<margaret -dot- cekis -at- comcast -dot- net>
>>> ]
>>> Sent: lundi 30 janvier 2012 14:51
>>> To: Cardimon, Craig
>>> Cc: techwrl; Suzanne Chiles; Peter Sturgeon
>>> Subject: Re: Another Punctuation Question
>>>
>>> Craig Cardimon asked, 'How about "pull" then?'
>>> How do you "pull" a virtual button?
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